Chocolate cake with walnuts and beetroot

When a dear friend from Norway visited earlier this year, I asked him to bring a couple of Norwegian weekly magazines. Not that I am a very big fan of those magazines, but I must confess I do love to read new recipes! :)

Attached to one of the magazines was a new one I had never seen before. It is called 'SMAK' (means TASTE) - a magazine for you who loves to make food. The issue I got features some delicious recipes using fruit and vegetables, be it bread, cakes, fresh green salads, vegetable pastes, main dishes etc.

Since I have a sweet tooth, what other dishes than cakes caught my eyes?! LOL

 

 

What caught my eyes even more is the beetroots! This cake has a scrumptious combination of chocolate, walnuts and beetroots, which makes it so juicy and delicious!

 

Ingredients:

 

- 200 grams butter (unsalted)

- 200 grams dark chocolate

- 3 eggs

- 4 deciliters sugar

- 3-4 deciliters grated, fresh beetroot

- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

- 100-150 grams chopped walnuts

- 2 deciliter white flour

 

Chocolate / cheese cream:

 

- 75 grams roughly chopped dark chocolate

- 3 tablespoons strong coffee

- 50 grams butter (room temperated, unsalted)

- 100 grams natural cream cheese (I used Philadelphia light - room temperated)

- 1 deciliter icing sugar

- zest of half an orange

 

Preparation: 

 

- melt the butter, add the chocolate and mix until the chocolate has melted.

- beat eggs and sugar well, add the chocolate- and butter mix.

- add finely grated beetroot, orange juice and walnuts.

- carefully add sifted flour

 

- pour the mixture into a 20 x 30 cm cake mould (cover the mould with baking paper before adding the mixture)

- bake at middle shelf for about 35 minutes at 200C (390F) or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake.

- let the cake cool completely

 

- melt the chocolate (I prefer using the microwave)

- add coffee, butter, icing sugar and orange zest - beat well until smooth (I prefer using an electric hand mixer)

- add room temperated cheese - beat well until smooth

- spread the chocolate /  cheese cream over the top of the cake, decorate with walnuts and slice into squares. You can also decorate with orange zest together with the walnuts.

 

Recipe from 'SMAK' - #6-2012 

 

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This was the first time ever I have made a cake where one of the ingredients is beetroot.

The beetroot makes the cake very juice and delicious.

This is a cake I highly recommend - it is just too delicious!

Warning: you won't be able to eat one slice only..... :))