Ingredients

• 1 and a half ozs Cocoa powder
• 4 and a half ozs Plain flour
• 1and a half  tsps Baking powder
• 1 Pinch salt
• 5and a half ozs Caster sugar
• 8 and a half fl ozs Corn oil
• 1and a half tsps Vanilla essence
• 3 eggs beaten
• 1 pack or (9oz) cooked beetroot, pureed
• 4oz Plain dark choc (60% +), broken into small pieces

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 375F/190C/Gas 5 and grease an (7") round cake tin.
2. Sift the cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and mix with the sugar. 
3. Add the oil, vanilla essence, eggs, beetroot and chocolate pieces and mix well.
4. Pour into the cake tin, put on a baking tray and bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Notes:

This is a lovely moist chocolate cake and it doesn’t taste of beets (promise)