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Chocolate Beet Cake with Blushing Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting

June 8, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

 

Chocolate Beet Cake with Blushing Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting

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Ingredients
  

For the cake:

  • 1 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup evaporated cane sugar
  • ½ cup Dutch process cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 smallish beet cooked* and cooled
  • ½ cup strong brewed coffee
  • ¼ cup grapeseed or other neutral oil
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened oat milk almond milk or other plantbased milk
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla

For the frosting:

  • 6 tablespoons vegan butter chilled
  • 8 ounces vegan cream cheese chilled
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla*
  • 1 small beet cooked, peeled, cooled and sliced

Instructions
 

To make the cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Lightly oil an 8-inch cake pan.
  • In a bowl, sift together unbleached flour, sugar, baking soda, and Dutch process cocoa.
  • Puree the beet in a blender or food processor. Pour in coffee and process just until the mixture reaches a creamy, milkshake-like consistency.
  • Add about half the flour mixture, blitz briefly to combine, then add the oil, vinegar, plantbased milk and vanilla. Process again briefly.
  • Add the remaining flour mixture and process one last time till it coalesces and forms a thickish, luscious batter.
  • Pour into the prepared cake pan. Bake for 45 minutes, or until kitchen smells chocolatey and a tester inserted in the cake comes out clean. Cool and unmold.

To make the frosting:

  • Using a food processor, whip the butter until creamy.
  • Drain any moisture from the cream cheese, and add to the vegan butter, mixing just to combine.
  • Add the vanilla (or other flavoring) and the powdered sugar, a cup at a time, until combined, creamy and billowy.
  • Add one thin slice of beet — about a teaspoon. Make sure it gets well-blitzed by the blade. It will instantly color your frosting, turning it a lovely pink. If you want deeper color, add one thin slice of beet at a time.

Notes

This will make enough to frost 2 8-inch layers.
Adding a slice of cooked beet will turn this frosting pink. Two slices of beet will turn it well, beet red. How much beet is up to you.
Frosting tips:
Make sure cake is cool before frosting.
For best spreadability, cover and refrigerate frosting 30 minutes before spreading on cake.
Keyword beet cake, red velvet cake

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