Chocolate Beetroot Cake

Name: Chocolate Beetroot Cake
Ingredients: 175 g butter, melted; 300 g cake flour; 250 g sugar; 50 g cocoa powder; 7,5 ml (1 ½ teaspoon) baking powder; 2,5 ml (1/2 teaspoon) bicarbonate of soda; 5 ml (1 teaspoon) salt; 500 ml (2 cups) plain yogurt; 3 eggs + 1 egg yolk; 5 ml (1 teaspoon) vanilla essence; 125 ml (1/2 cup) sour cream; 100 g grated raw beetroot; Topping:; 200 g dark chocolate, melted; 90 ml (6 tablespoons) sour cream; 200 g icing sugar, sifted

A lovely moist chocolate cake is topped with a luscious chocolate topping to treat friends and family on a special occasion.

Published 25 February 2025

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 ºC (350 ºF). Grease and line a 25 cm spring form cake tin.
Set the melted butter aside to cool. Sift together the dry ingredients.
Add the yogurt, eggs and vanilla essence to the melted butter and whisk well. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the sour cream and beetroot and mix well.
Spoon the batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for 55 to 60 minutes until firm to the touch. Cool in the cake tin. Remove the cake from the cake tin and peel away the wax paper. Set the cake on a serving platter and top with the icing. Decorate with chocolate curls.
To make the topping, combine all the ingredients and leave to stand for a few minutes.