Secret chocolate cake (with beets)
- 2 c. cooked chopped beets
- ½ c. applesauce
- 1 1/2 c. sugar
- ½ c. oil
- ½ c. plain yogurt
- 3 eggs,
- 1 1/2 t. vanilla
- 1 1/2 c. flour
- 1 c. whole wheat flour
- ½ c. baking cocoa
- 1 1/2 t. baking soda
- ½ t. salt
- ½ c. chocolate chips (I prefer mini chips)
- powdered sugar or your favorite glaze or frosting
Prepare beets by cooking, peeling, and chopping them. Combine with applesauce and puree with a hand blender or in a standing blender. Set aside.
Sift together dry ingredients and set aside.
Beat together the sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl for 2 minutes. Add half the dry ingredients and incorporate slowly, alternating with the beet/applesauce mixture until everything is blended.
Pour half the batter into greased Bundt pan. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips, then pour the remaining batter on top. Bake @ 3500 for 45-50 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in pan on rack. From Simply in Season Children’s Cookbook by Mark Beach & Julie Kauffman