My friend at Dear Creatives and I share a common love for beets. When I offered to give her a beet pizza recipe I found, she asked if I had a recommendation for a chocolate beet cake. Honestly I have never heard of such a thing and I am not a fan of vegetables in cakes and breads (sorry), but it sounded good, so I looked up a few ideas and decided to make one.
I selected the recipe from Joy the Baker and went to work. Joy does a fabulous job of describing the “how to’s” of the recipe and it was very easy to follow. The only change I made was to puree the beets after roasting and peeling instead of grating them. It was faster and I did not have red hands when I was done. 
Even if you do not make the cake- check out her pictures, they are awesome.
Results
The cake was fabulous. The cake itself was very moist and the beets were a nice compliment to the chocolate. I consider zucchini in chocolate cakes to be a bit of a contrast to the chocolate flavor so the compliment of the beets was a plesant surprise. The frosting that Joy suggests was also delicious and very ‘appetizing looking’. The frosting includes ingredients such as cream cheese, butter and of course beets. The cream in the frosting gives it a smooth texture and a distinct taste of cream cheese which I love. The beets add the pink color with colored specs for dimension. I am also a bit of a pink fan, if you have not noticed.
Chocolate recommendation
Please consider using Fair Trade cocoa when baking. To find out more about Fair Trade and chocolate slavery, please click here. Brands of Fair Trade baking cocoa include: Equal Exchange and Dagoba.
I love beets and I love chocolate. Putting them together is something I would have never considered. That said, your description my have convinced me to give it a whorl.
A delightful treat for sure. Although the cake was huge! We sent the rest over to our neighbors. Have a fabulous weekend!
I LOVE beets and chocolate – win win
cannot wait to try this cake.
Hope you like it. I think they are a definitely charismatic combination. Thanks for coming by!
Alright, I will accept the challenge! I am totally going to try this cake. I’m dying to know if hubby and LO will be able to tell. Hmm, if not, more for me!
I don’t think you will be disappointed at all. In fact… I would love to post a picture for you when you do it! Let me know.
OH YUM!!!! That sounds delicious. Not a recipe I wanted to find when I’m trying to lose weight lol. But I need to try this.
Here, here. That is why I only post about chocolate once per week for now. Good luck and thanks for coming by!