Beetroot chocolate cake with refined sugar free icing

A lovely, healthier cake with hidden veggies that your kids won’t even taste!

Ingredients (serves 8)

200g raw whole beetroots, peeled
1/2 cup melted coconut oil
1/2 cup honey
2 large eggs
1/2 cup raw cacao or cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
2 tblsp coconut flour
1 cup medjool dates, pitted
2 tblsp raw cacao or cocoa powder
2 tblsp coconut oil
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Method

Cut the beetroots into 6 pieces and place them into the food processor. Process the beetroots until finely chopped or you could use a grater to grate the beetroot.
Add the coconut oil, honey & eggs. Pulse until combined. Add the cacao, baking powder & coconut flour. Pulse until well combined.
Pour the mixture in the inner pot of your Philips All-In-One Cooker or alternatively you can bake in your over at 180 degrees for 25 minutes. Switch the Philips All-In-One Cooker on and use the BAKE function and cooking time for 45 minutes.
Let the cake cool slightly then spread with the refined sugar free icing (recipe below) and then top with berries of your choice.
To make the icing, cover the dates with hot water for 10 minutes to soften. Drain the water then place the dates into the food processor along with the cacao, coconut oil and vanilla. Process until you have an icing consistency, stopping the machine along the way and scraping down the sides. Use this to ice your beetroot cake.

61 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 17 Aug 2023
    11:15 am
I would love to give this a try. It looks divine

- - Lokhushkaau said
  - 02 Jan 2023
    5:14 pm
It looks delish, def gove it a try! Thanks for sharing the recipe

- - mom101628 said
  - 16 May 2020
    11:34 pm
Sounds like a magical cake.

- - DaffyD said
  - 22 Apr 2020
    1:07 pm
It looks so good thanks for sharing

- - mom19782016 said
  - 03 Apr 2020
    12:46 pm
Reckon that sounds better than red velvet cake

- - rachel1970 said
  - 18 Mar 2020
    7:15 am
Oh wow, sounds interesting yet delicious. Looks amazing.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 13 Mar 2020
    11:04 am
This looks so good

- - tessie said
  - 12 Mar 2020
    12:31 pm
I wouldn’t be able to get half of these ingredients. Looks very tasty though

- - rovermum said
  - 11 Mar 2020
    3:08 pm
Ooh, I’d be happy to try it, but not to make it. There are too many new ingredients I would have to buy before I could make it.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 11 Mar 2020
    9:48 am
I would love to make this and serve to my husband to see if he can tell- he hates beetroot with a passion but we all love it- would be interesting to see if he could pick it!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 03 May 2019
    8:09 pm
It looks really sweet with the fresh fruit and rich and decadent thanks so much I would love to try this beetroot and chocolate cake

- - Ellen said
  - 20 Jul 2017
    4:22 am
An avocado cacao icing would be good on this one too.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 17 Jun 2017
    3:21 pm
Wow, great way to sneak some vegetables in too!

- - tessie said
  - 30 May 2017
    6:15 am
Sounds like a great recipe.

- - ella12 said
  - 29 May 2017
    2:16 pm
I think I will pass on this one.

- - rachel1970 said
  - 27 May 2017
    7:28 am
sounds interesting, may have to give it a crack

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 26 May 2017
    3:52 pm
looks very yummy.

- - Ellen said
  - 26 May 2017
    7:56 am
We love beetroot chocolate cake ! I only prefer not to bake with honey (as heating destroys it’s healthy benefits) and use yacon syrup or coconut palm syrup instead.

- - mom101628 said
  - 25 May 2017
    10:03 pm
This sounds fantastic – will be making this for me as I love beetroot and chocolate.

- - MandyY said
  - 25 May 2017
    6:29 pm
Yum! I think I’ll make this one