Beetroot ladybug mudcake - Real Recipes from Mums

Makes 2
3 hours
Difficulty Medium
12 Ingredients

Super moist, super chocolatey, super delicious mud cake, best birthday cake to please every chocolate lover!

Ingredients (makes 2 15cm cakes)

Dark cooking chocolate 250g
Butter 320g
Caster sugar 250g
Self raising flour 1 1/4 cup
Coco powder 1 1/3 cup
Eggs 3 medium
Beetroot 175g canned beetroot puréed
Sweetened condensed milk 4-5 tbs
Icing sugar 3 tbs
Vanilla bean paste 1 1/2 tbs
Ladybugs Creative kitchen mini ladybugs (cake decorating)
Golden sugar cake dust To decorate

Method

Preheat your oven to 160 Melt 250g butter in a small saucepan Add 200g chocolate until melted Add caster sugar until dissolved Remove from heat
Sift in self raising flour while whisking to keep a smooth consistency Continue sifting in 1 cup coco powder
Add the eggs whilst still whisking Then puréed beetroot and vanilla bean paste Whisk until smoothly combined
Grease 2 deep 15cm round cake tins Add mixture and bake for around 1 hr or until cake can be tested with cake skewer coming out clean Let the cake cool completely in the tin
Remove from tin and cover with cling wrap for a further at least 1-2hrs ( I like to prepare the cake after dinner so after cooking and setting times I can leave it overnight before icing )
Prepare icing- In a small sauce pan melt 70g butter 50g dark cooking chocolate Add 1/3 cup coco Add sweetened condensed milk and stir until smooth Remove from heat Sift in icing sugar lightly whisking
Over 10-15 minutes stir the mixture 3-4 times until reaching a fudge like consistency Poor gently over your cakes making sure it drips all down the sides
Add decorations as desired

Notes

This is the best birthday cake! It's always requested and always enjoyed! The recipe makes 2 small cakes, usually I keep one at home and one to celebrate the special occasion because 1 slice is never enough! (if its a large celebration you'll will likely need both cakes for serving)

28 Comments
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- - CassLee83 said
  - 08 Dec 2020
    3:07 pm
I have never had a cake with beetroot, I’m not a huge fan of beetroot, I will remove it from salads ect but I’m interested in knowing what this tastes like.

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 06 Nov 2019
    8:51 pm
Oh I LOVE that this recipe has beetroot in it!

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- - tessie said
  - 24 Sep 2018
    11:53 am
I’m seeing more and more cake recipes with beetroot as an added ingredient. Such a delicious idea. Looks tempting

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- - Ellen said
  - 24 Sep 2018
    7:42 am
I make regularly beetroot / zucchini or sweet potato mud cakes / brownies, without sugar though. My kids love it !

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- - linaianna said
  - 22 Sep 2018
    5:14 pm
This looks and sounds interesting

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- - mom241861 said
  - 19 Sep 2018
    8:46 pm
This beautiful and intriguing cake is a must try .The ingredients are different to your usual cake ingredients yet I think it will be Devine.

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- - rovermum said
  - 19 Sep 2018
    8:07 pm
So the ingredients to this are so intriguing… I feel like I just have to try it.

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- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 29 Nov 2017
    11:18 am
Love adding beetroot to recipes

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- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 18 Nov 2017
    5:59 pm
This looks and sounds amazing I imagine it wold be lovely ive heard of chocolate cakes with beetroot thanks

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- - mom112023 said
  - 22 Feb 2017
    9:54 am
I am intrigued by the addition of beetroot. I love mudcake and I will be trying this recipe.

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- - mom81879 said
  - 05 Feb 2017
    8:50 am
Most people would think the addition of beetroot is a bit weird, but it really does make this cake super moist

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 28 Jan 2017
    11:34 am
it looks so cute – my son would love it, and so would I

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 29 Oct 2016
    6:08 am
Love the decorations. The cake sounds lovely.

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- - mom90758 said
  - 08 Oct 2016
    3:18 pm
I love it! And it’s so nicely decorated too. I think I saw some ladybugs decorations like the one you used, in Coles.

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- - nealsq said
  - 03 Oct 2016
    10:28 pm
beetroot in a cake is awesome, so moist and delicious! I will be trying this recipe for sure!!

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- - rachelvk said
  - 03 Oct 2016
    7:55 pm
I need to make a cake for my chocaholic brother’s birthday and this might be the one… although he will freak out if I ever tell him it has beetroot in it!
- mom199864 replied
  
  03 Oct 2016 , 9:47 pm
  The beetroot originally had to be a secrete from my partner, he’d seen me make a different type of cake with beetroot and decided he didn’t like it as soon as he watched it go in the batter but without knowing it was in this recipe said its the best cake I’ve ever made lol, I knows now and dosent mind because he knows how good it’s tastes ( you really can’t tell it has beetroot, just makes it beautifully moist )
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- - youngoldlady said
  - 02 Oct 2016
    4:20 pm
Thank you for this, another of sneaking beetroot into a sometime treat.

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- - mom134803 said
  - 02 Oct 2016
    7:28 am
Except for the beetroot this cake has some very unhealthy ingredients and then tinned beetroot isn’t the best choice as well. Not my type of cake I’m afraid.

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- - taynik46 said
  - 01 Oct 2016
    3:27 pm
i love the addition of the beetroot puree to a classic chocolate cake – it ends up being so moist and yum – can’t wait to try your version – thanks for sharing here

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- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Sep 2016
    6:01 pm
Thanks – this cake sounds delicious and looks so good – love the little ladybugs.
- mom93821 replied
  
  01 Oct 2016 , 3:07 pm
  Going to make it this weekend.
  - mom199864 replied
    
    01 Oct 2016 , 8:36 pm
    
    Let me know how you go, I’m sure you’ll love it
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