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Beetroot-Chocolate Cake

Hi Everyone,
Tonight I baked Beetroot-Chocolate cake. Recipe for this one comes from Kalindi Maushi in Adelaide. Give it a try and tell me how it turned out. Recipe and steps are as follows:


Ingredients:
  • 1 Beetroot can 425-450 gm or 2 medium size fresh beetroot's - smashed
  • 4 Eggs (make sure they are out of fridge for at least 2-3 hours prior to mixing)
  • 1 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil (I use Olive oil, Try different and let me know)
  • 2 Cup White Sugar ( I usually add little less than this just to make it less sweet)
  • 1 1/4 Cup Wheat Flour (Sadhi Kanik)
  • 1 1/4 Cup Self Raising Flour ( I use Wholemeal self-raising flour)
  • 2 Tbsp Vanilla Essence (If using concentrate, only 1 Tbsp)
  • 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
  • 2 Tbsp Baking Soda
Steps:
1. Mix oil, eggs and sugar until sugar is almost disolved.
2. Then add vanilla essence.
3. Mix flour, cocoa powder and baking soda. At this point it starts getting very thick to mix. If you have electric blender.........easy. If not, ask your husbands to give you a hand. After all it's for them that this yummy dish is being made.
4. Lastly add the smashed beetroot into the flour mix.  I tend to add a bit of beetroot juice (retained from the can) just in case if it gets too hard to mix.
5. Bake in a 180 deg. C preheated oven for 45 min. Now times may vary depending on your oven. Keep checking after 40 min.

When out of the oven, sprinkle some caster/icing sugar on top and serve it with cream just to enhance its flavour. It tastes good even without cream.
And there.......your healthy, appetizing and delicious Beetroot-Chocolate cake is ready.
BON APPETIT !!!

Please tell me your experience to learn new things.
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  1. VaishaliSeptember 17, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    Hey Namrata this cake is looking so yummy...

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  2. MaverickSeptember 27, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    Yummy.... Yummy.... Yummy

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  3. Akshaya BorkarApril 17, 2012 at 10:36 AM

    Hi Namrata, Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. I am so happy to meet adelaidkar :D... I have a very long and lovely association with Adelaide marathi people. I lived with chirmuley kaka n kaku for 6 months in my student tims :D. I will try this cake for sure, kalindi kaku's recipes are always great thing to try :D..

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    1. NamrataApril 18, 2012 at 9:01 AM

      Hi Akshaya, Good to know you. I got your blog link from Maushi's blog. Your work is amazing. And yes Kalindi maushi's recipes are always awesome. Let me know how it turned out.

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