Christina's Cucina // Beet Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Cake: 2 large beets cooked, cooled beets (I like baking them in foil to keep them dry) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 ½ cups sugar 16 oz oil (I used olive oil and avocado oil) 5 eggs 2 ½ cups all purpose flour 2 ¼ tsp baking soda ⅜ tsp salt 9 Tbsp cocoa powder dark unsweetened, good quality (I used Barry) Mocha Buttercream Ingredients: ⅓ cup butter at room temperature 4 cups confectioner’s sugar ¼ cup cocoa powder unsweetened, good quality ¼ to ⅓ cup strong coffee cold 1 tsp vanilla Instructions Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃). Prepare two, 8″ or 9″ baking pans (or one, 9×13″); butter and flour them well. Puree the beets in a food processor along with the eggs, vanilla, oil and the sugar. In a large bowl, place the dry ingredients, th...