Chocolate and Beet Cake

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 10mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    539
based on 5 ratings

A delicate, soft chocolate cake with an all-natural deep dark color. Delicious!

recipe updated 21 Feb. 2022

Ingredients

  • Fresh beet icon
    Fresh beet
    250 g
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    200 g
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    200 g
  • Hot coffee icon
    Hot coffee
    4 ½ tablespoons
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    135 g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    3 tablespoons
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    7 g
  • Egg yolk icon
    Egg yolk
    5
  • Egg white icon
    Egg white
    5
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    190 g
  • Freeze-dried raspberries icon
    Freeze-dried raspberries
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Water
  • kCook icon Stick blender
  • kCook icon Medium glass bowl
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Springform pan - 10 x 2.5"
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  2. Prepare a clean springform pan
  3. Add fresh beet to a clean saucepan
  4. Fill with water
  5. Boil until soft - 15 min, medium heat
  6. Drain
  7. Blend with stick blender until smooth - medium speed
  8. Add dark chocolate, salted butter and hot coffee to a clean medium glass bowl
  9. Melt until smooth while stirring occasionally - low heat
  10. Add all purpose flour, cocoa powder and baking powder to a clean medium bowl
  11. Whisk until combined then set aside
  12. Transfer purée to chocolate mixture
  13. Mix egg yolk into the chocolate mixture
  14. Add egg white and granulated sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
  15. Whisk until stiff peaks form
  16. Fold chocolate mixture into batter carefully
  17. Fold dry ingredients into batter and mix until just combined
  18. Pour batter into springform pan
  19. Bake until skewer tests clean - 40 min, 180°C
  20. Let cool on round wire rack
  21. Dust with freeze-dried raspberries
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