Chocolate Beet Cake with Cream Cheese Drizzle

Name: Chocolate Beet Cake with Cream Cheese Drizzle
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup sugar; 3/4 cup cocoa; 2 tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1/4 tsp. salt; 1 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt, thinned with milk; 1/2 cup canola oil; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 2 tsp. vanilla; 1 large or 2 medium beets, roasted and peeled; 1/2-1 cup chocolate chips (optional); 1/2 8 oz. (250 g) pkg. cream cheese; 1 cup icing sugar; 1-2 Tbsp. milk

AuthorJulie

Yields1 Serving

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup cocoa

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt, thinned with milk

1/2 cup canola oil

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

3 large eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

1 large or 2 medium beets, roasted and peeled

1/2-1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Cream Cheese Drizzle

1/2 8 oz. (250 g) pkg. cream cheese

1 cup icing sugar

1-2 Tbsp. milk

Preheat the oven to 350F. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, oil, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. Coarsely grate the beets using the large-holed side of a box grater.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients along with the grated beets and stir just until combined. If you like, stir in the chocolate chips.

Pour into a well-greased Bundt pan and bake for an hour, until the top is cracked and springy to the touch. Let cool for about 20 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool. To make the cream cheese drizzle, whisk together the cream cheese, icing sugar and milk, adding a little extra milk or sugar as needed to achieve a pourable consistency. Drizzle over the cooled cake.

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