Chocolate Beet Cake
Serving Size:16|Prep Time:45minutes|Cook Time:22minutes
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a small bowl, combine almond milk and apple cider vinegar. Allow to set for 5 minutes, then add baking soda.
  3. In large bowl, mix oil, sugars, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract together. Add pureed cooked beets and the almond milk mixture and stir.
  4. In a small bowl, combine chocolate chips with olive oil. Place in microwave for 1-2 minutes, until chocolate chips are melted. Pour melted chocolate into wet mixture.
  5. In a separate medium mixing bowl, whisk flours, salt, and baking powder until well-incorporated. Gradually fold all dry ingredients into wet batter, then beat on high speed for 1-2 minutes or until batter is smooth.
  6. Line the bottom of 2, 8″ round pans with parchment paper, pour equal amounts of batter in each pan, and place in oven for about 22 minutes, or until center is done (do not over-bake).
  7. For frosting, in a large bowl, combine melted butter, powdered sugar, cocoa, melted chocolate chips and vanilla extract. Beat until smooth and set aside (not in refrigerator, becomes too hard to spread).
  8. Allow cakes to cool before frosting. For garnish, combine coconut, nuts and dried fruit and generously press mixture on top and around the sides of the cake, if desired.
Chef’s Narrative
Fudgy and moist, this cake is kid and adult approved – You can have your cake and eat it too!
Recipe Substitutions
N/A
Ingredients
Cake
  • 1 3/4cupunsweetened almond milk
  • 1 1/2teaspoonsapple cider vinegar
  • 1teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1/2cupolive oil
  • 2/3cuppacked brown sugar
  • 1/3cupgranulated sugar
  • 1cupunsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2cupsbeetscooked, pureed
  • 1/2cupvegan dark chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2teaspoonsolive oil
  • 1cupalmond flour
  • 1cupcertified gluten free oat flour
  • 3/4cuppotato starch
  • 1/4cuparrowroot flour
  • 1/2teaspoonsalt
  • 1teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1cupsoy-free, vegan buttermelted
  • 2cupssifted powdered sugar
Frosting
  • 2/3cupsifted unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/4cupvegan dark chocolate chipsmelted with 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
  • 2teaspoonsvanilla extract
  • toasted coconutoptional garnish
  • dried fruitoptional garnish
  • chopped nutsoptional garnish
Allergens