Recipe: Double Chocolate Beetroot Cake - Recipes

Recipe: Double Chocolate Beetroot Cake - Recipes

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This year, opt for something beyond the usual, and make Mum’s Sunday even sweeter with this rich, wonderfully moist, Double Chocolate Beetroot Cake, made

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Ingredients

  • 288g beetroots, peeled, cubed
  • 4g instant espresso coffee
  • 18g beetroot powder
  • 21g cocoa powder
  • 236ml water
  • 120g sour cream or whole fat yogurt
  • 4 large, free range eggs
  • 2 tsps vanilla extract
  • 60ml olive oil
  • 600g golden caster sugar
  • 408g plain flour
  • 2 tsps baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 113g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids)
  • 226g unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 452g cream cheese, room temperature
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1-2 tsps beetroot powder (NB the more added the pinker the frosting)
  • 875g icing sugar
  • For decoration: Fresh cherries (as many, or as few, as you wish)

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