# Bundtamonth : Beet Chocolate Cake

This is a moist fudgy cake but with an unusual combination of chocolate and  raw beetroot.  The combination did complement each other and the cake is tasty, easy to make and it tasted much better the next day.

Recipe for Beet Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 20 gm Varlhona cocoa powder
• 230 gm plain flour + 2 tsp baking powder  OR 230 gm Self-Raising flour
• 120 gm brown sugar
• 100 gm dark chocolate
• 125 gm butter
• 250 gm beetroot, grated
• 3 eggs
• 1/4  tsp vanilla
• pinch of salt
• Icing sugar for dusting (optional)
Method

1. Melt the chocolate either by double boiling or microwave, leave aside.
2. Sift plain flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder.  Set aside.
3. Beat butter and sugar till light and creamy, add in the eggs one at a time.
4. Mix in the melted chocolate.
5. Fold in the sifted cocoa and flour.  Mix well.
6. Stir in the grated beetroot, mix well.
7. Pour batter into a greased and flour dusted 23 cm Bundt pan.
8. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180 deg C for 45 mins.  Test with a skewer till it comes out clean.
9. Let cake cool in pan before unmoulding and cooling it completely on a wire rack.
10. Lightly dust with icing sugar before serving.

 Note :  1. Alternatively, mix some icing sugar with the beetroot juice and drizzle onto the cooled cake.