Dairy-Free Beetroot and Chocolate Cake

Name: Dairy-Free Beetroot and Chocolate Cake
Yield: Makes 1 cake (8 portions)
Ingredients: 25 g/1 oz cocoa powder; 150 g/5 oz cooked beetroot, grated; 1 tsp baking powder; 225 g/8 oz self-raising flour; 200 g/7 oz caster sugar; 75 g/3 oz dairy-free chocolate, melted and cooled; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 10 g/¼ oz cocoa powder; 5 eggs; 100 g/3½ oz diary-free margarine; 200 g/7 oz icing sugar; 200 g/7 oz dairy-free margarine, plus extra for greasing; 25 g/1 oz dairy-free chocolate

Preparation info

Makes
1
cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Real Food Kids Will Love

By Annabel Karmel

Published 2018

About

You wouldn’t know this chocolate cake was dairy free. It’s my favourite dairy-free cake recipe and makes a fantastic birthday bake. The beetroot complements the chocolate perfectly and keeps the sponge deliciously moist.

Ingredients

5 eggs
200 g/7 oz caster sugar

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
Birthday

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4, grease the bases of two 20 cm/8 in sandwich cake tins a