Ingredients
- 270g self-raising flour
- 1 ½ tsp cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 160g caster sugar
- 120g dark chocolate – melted
- 120g unsalted butter – melted
- 160g raw fresh new beetroot – grated
- 3 eggs – beaten
- Pinch of salt
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.
- Line a round cake tin with baking parchment.
- Sieve the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
- Mix in the sugar, beetroot, melted chocolate and melted butter.
- Mix in the eggs.
- Pour into the cake tin and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
