I believe this is from a Moosehead cookbook:
Ingredients:
15 ounce can of sliced beets (I would guess you could use roasted beets with some beet juice)
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup unbleached flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously oil the baking pan.
Drain the beets, reserving 1/2 cup of the juice. In a blender, puree the beets with the reserved juice to make about 1 1/4 cups of puree. Set aside.
In a large bowl beat the eggs well. Thoroughly whisk in the sugar, oil, vanilla, salt and beet puree until very smooth.
In a separate bowl sift together the flour, cocoa and baking soda.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients a little bit at a time whisking until smooth.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 - 45 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool.
Serve topped with confectioners sugar, whipped cream or frosting.
6 comments:
This sounds very strange but I am willing to give it a try. I'll let you know about the results and tasting session...
Thanks for sharing.
Hooray! I'm surprised that the beets aren't there to replace the 1 1/2 cups of sugar, though-- I'm really interested to try this out and see what they do.
Thanks! :)
I have eaten it, though I have never made it. It was very good. It had a kind of earthiness. I had trouble guessing what the secret ingredient was. Oh and it is actually called "Red Devil Cake."
Now that it has cooled down here I may try to make it soon!
In what form is your vanilla? Is that vanialla extract or vanilla sugar? or something else altogether?
I am sorry -- it is vanilla extract!
Am making one of these right now (it's in the oven). It will be a great mystery cake to mystify my colleagues with.
:)
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