Healthy Chocolate & Beetroot Cake

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Beetroot & Chocolate Cake 6A healthy alternative to cake, this chocolate and beetroot cake won’t make you feel guilty for indulging this party season.

Serves: 8

What You’ll Need:

For the cake

  • 75g cocoa powder
  • 180g self-raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 250g golden caster sugar
  • 250g G’NOSH Beetroot & Mint dip
  • 3 free-range eggs
  • 100ml olive oil
  • 100ml vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the ganache

  • 100ml beetoot juice
  • 10ml olive oil
  • 100g milk chocolate
  • 100g dark chocolate

What To Do:

  • Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180C
  • Sieve the cocoa powder, self-raising flour and baking powder into a bowl and stir in the caster sugar
  • In a separate bowl, whisk the G’NOSH Beetroot & Mint dip, free-range eggs, oils and vanilla extract until it comes together.
  • Add the beetroot mixture in with the dry ingredients and mix together and then pour this in to a pre-lined 8” cake tin or12 individual cupcake cases or domes.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until it is springy to the touch. The smaller cakes will take less time.
  • For the ganache: place the beetroot juice and the olive oil into a sauce pan and bring to the boil.
  • Once boiled, pour over the chocolate and mix together. You could use a hand blender to do this to emulsify the ganache.
  • When the cake is cooked and cooled, pour over the beetroot ganache before serving

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