I love chocolate. I really love chocolate ! Also when I heard about combining chocolate and beetroot, I’ve been surprised and excited to try a new recipe. I love this cake which is melting and low-fat compare with traditional chocolate cakes.
Ingredients:
For the cake
- 230g/8.11oz Pre-cooked beetroot
- 150g/5.29oz Dark chocolate (I love Valrhona and use Guanaja for this recipe)
- 80g/2.82oz sugar
- 60g/2.12oz floor (T45 or 55)
- 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 yogurt
- 1/2 tsp Gingerbread spices
For the chocolate icing
- 50g/1.76oz dark chocolate
- 20cl whipping cream
Directions
Preheat the oven to 150°C/302°F.
Mix all the cake ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Melt the dark chocolate and add it the preparation.
Put the mixture in a round cake pan. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
During this time, prepare the chocolate icing. Heat the chocolate and cream in a saucepan over a low heat until the chocolate melts.
When it’s cooked, remove the chocolate & beetroot cake from the cake pan.
Spread the chocolate icing over the top of the cake.
Leave to cool for 1-2 hours before serving.
Be Miam ! 
Wow…. chocolate and beet cake. Looks very thick and delicious. It looks a bit like a flourless chocolate cake. How strong is the beet flavors in the cake?
Yes I know, it’s surprising ! You feel the beet but it’s not too strong and it makes a melt-in-your-mouth cake. I also love the combination in chocolate muffins with melting white chocolate inside :). The recipe is pretty much the same with baking powder.
Awesome! Would love to try it soon! 🙂
Keep me update how you like it 🙂
Chocolate and beetroot? Hmmm never thought about it before but sounds intriguing 🙂 I had my chocolate cake as a special treat at Guy Savoy and it was quite amazing too 😉
Too right ! That must have been something ! This is nothing to compare with an experience at Guy Savoy but great to fulfil my chocolate addiction 😉
what do you mean 1 yogurt? 🙂 thanks
Hi Mimi, I add a dairy yogurt to the mixture so the cake is spongy without adding extra fat but you might replace it by two tablespoons of oil 🙂
yeah – but how many grams of yogurt??? (i think that’s what mimi meant as well.)
Hi Mila – It’s about 125g 🙂
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