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Beetroot chocolate blitz cake
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Beetroot chocolate blitz cake

Serves: 16 (makes 16 slices)
Time to make: 1 hr 5 mins
Hands-on time: 10 mins
Total cost: $10.08 / $0.63 per serve

(at time of publication)

Ingredients

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  • spray oil
  • 1 cup (200g) roughly chopped cooked beetroot
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 200g flour
  • 100g cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 175g castor sugar
  • ½ cup apple purée
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 175ml sunflower oil
  • 75g dark chocolate chips
  • 1 tablespoon icing sugar, sifted

    • Instructions

    1 Preheat oven to 190ºC. Lightly grease a 24cm-round loose-based cake tin. Finely chop beetroot in a food processor.

    2 Add all the remaining ingredients except oil, chocolate chips and icing sugar. Process until smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as you go.

    3 Scrape down sides once more and gradually add oil.

    4 Once all oil is added, stir in chocolate. Spoon into cake tin. Bake for 45-55 minutes or until firm to touch. Cool before turning out. Sprinkle with icing sugar. Serve.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free flour, baking powder and cocoa. Check chocolate chips and icing sugar are gluten free.

    Nutrition Info (per serve)

    • Calories 259cal

    • Kilojoules 1080kJ

    • Protein 4g

    • Total fat 14g

    • –Saturated fat 3g

    • Carbohydrates 25g

    • –Sugars 17g

    • Dietary fibre 2g

    • Sodium 190mg

    • Calcium 30mg

    • Iron 1mg

    Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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    Author: Sarah Swain - Food writer, stylist and recipe creator
    Photographer: Melanie Jenkins
    First published: Oct 2012

    One comment on Beetroot chocolate blitz cake

    1. Ann March 29, 2021 at 8:03 pm #

      This is so easy to make – thrown home everything in the blender. And what’s more, it came out really moist. Definitely will make again.

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