Name: Beetroot & chocolate cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 large cooked beetroot, about 175g in weight, roughly chopped -; 200g plain flour -; 100g cocoa powder -; 1 tbsp baking powder -; 250g golden caster sugar -; 3 eggs -; 2 tsp vanilla extract -; 200ml sunflower oil -; 100g dark chocolate, (not too bitter), chopped into pieces -; crème fraîche or clotted cream, to serve -

Ingredients for - Beetroot & chocolate cake

1. 1 large cooked beetroot, about 175g in weight, roughly chopped

2. 200g plain flour

3. 100g cocoa powder

4. 1 tbsp baking powder

5. 250g golden caster sugar

6. 3 eggs

7. 2 tsp vanilla extract

8. 200ml sunflower oil

9. 100g dark chocolate, (not too bitter), chopped into pieces

10. crème fraîche or clotted cream, to serve

How to cook deliciously - Beetroot & chocolate cake

1 . Stage

Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Tip the beetroot into a food processor and blitz until chopped. Add a pinch of salt and the rest of the ingredients, except the oil and chocolate. When completely mixed (you may need to scrape the sides down once or twice), add the oil in a steady stream, as if you were making mayonnaise.

2 . Stage

When all the oil has been added, stir in the chocolate, then tip the mix into a lined 900g loaf tin. Cook for 1 hr until an inserted skewer comes out practically clean. leave the loaf to cool on a rack. Serve in slices with the crème fraîche or clotted cream.