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Photo of chocolate cake with piece cut out and presented on white plate from "Chocolate Beet Cake and Frosting" recipe by Green Smoothie Girl

Chocolate Beet Cake with Frosting

My kids beg for this decadent but nutritious dessert for birthdays and other celebrations, sweet and chocolaty with delicious frosting.

Course Dessert
Keyword beet, cake, Chocolate, frosting
10 minutes
30 minutes
Frosting 5 minutes
45 minutes
8

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups Sucanant (unrefined cane sugar)
  • 3/4 cup coconut oil can substitute half with applesauce if desired
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups steamed beets peeled and chopped, approx. 2 medium-large beets
  • 4 tbsp. raw cacao or non-alkalized baking cocoa
  • 2 cups whole-wheat flour (soft white wheat, ground fine)
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt

Frosting

  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa or raw powdered chocolate
  • 1/2 cup softened butter or soft but not liquid coconut cream concentrate
  • 1/2 cup powdered Sucanant

  1. Puree beets in BlendTec

  2. Add eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla, blend.

  3. Add chocolate and rest of ingredients, blend

  4. Bake in 9"x13" oiled pan at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

Frosting

  1. Cream all ingredients together.