Cake Adapted from Green Smoothie Girl. The beets make for a moist and rich cake with some extra nutrition!
Servings
12 piece
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Steamed Beets 2 medium to large beets
- 3 whole Eggs
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar or coconut sugar or sucanat
- 1/2 cup Melted coconut oil
- 1/4 cup Applesauce
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/4 cup Cacao Powder
- 2 cups Einkorn Flour Freshly Milled is best
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Real Salt
Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting
- 1 cup Butter You may use coconut oil but will need to add a little salt.
- 3-3 1/2 cups Confectioners Sugar
- 3 tablespoons Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/2 cup Cocoa or Cacao Powder
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
Directions
Cake:
- Blend beets, eggs, sugar, coconut oil, applesauce and vanilla in a blender.
- In a bowl, mix cacao, einkorn flour, coconut flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Mix wet and dry ingredients until well mixed.
- Pour into greased 9×13 pan or you can use round pans and make it a layered cake.
- Bake at 350° for about 35 minutes (If the pan is glass it may take closer to 45 minutes).
- Top with anything you like or use the frosting recipe below!
Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting:
- Mix all frosting ingredients with a hand mixer until smooth.
- Frost cake when cooled.
Are there chunks of beets in the finished cake? How best to prepare the beets to be added to the recipe such as shredded, chopped or otherwise.
Thank you.
Hi Lisa. In the recipe instructions it says to blend the beets in a blender so there won’t be chunks in the finished cake. How the beets are prepared isn’t important just that they are steamed so they can be blended.
This looks delicious. I am a user of einkorn flour and love it. I feel like I am cooking healthy when I use it.