Category: Something to Eat - Beetroot that tastes like chocolate!
Beetroot is so awesome. I have been using it more and more in cooking and I love it when I can get it into my kids. We sometimes have it in our Red Refresher Juice and this is the juice I always make when anyone might be getting a cold. Beetroot is highly nutritive and a brilliant blood cleanser.
I first saw this recipe on Natural New Age Mum blog site and I wanted to make it as soon as I saw that incredible colour. She has some brilliant recipes and the original recipe is here. I have changed this recipe a bit though as I'm not a huge fan of coconut flour in some things and added a few extra bits and pieces.
It's a beautiful way to get beetroot in kids. I have made this as a cake too and it was well received by 30 x 3 year olds at our end of year kinder party! I figure if fussy kids give it the thumbs up then it must be pretty good! If you wonder how I coloured the icing pink - you guessed it - beetroot!! Most amazing food colouring there is!!!
We really enjoy it and I hope you do too!
Ingredients
- 1 cup of roasted beetroot
- 3 tbs olive or macadamia oil works too1 cup organic wholegrain spelt flour
- 1/2 cup organic raw cacao powder
- 3 tbs organic coconut milk or almond milk. Make your own!
- 1/2 cup organic maple syrup
- 1 ripe banana
- 2 tbs organic coconut oil
- 1 vanilla bean or 1 tsp organic vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp aluminium free bicarb soda
- 1+1/2 cup of chopped strawberries
- 5 organic eggs
Okay - here is how you do it!
Directions
- Roast beetroot until soft and set aside to cool
- Once cooled add beetroot to coconut oil, almond/coconut milk, vanilla. banana, maple syrup and eggs and mix in thermomix or food processor until mixture smooth
- Add flour, raw cacao, bicarb and 1/2 cup strawberries and blend again
- Add remaining strawberries and stir in by hand
- Put into lined muffin tin or cake tray and cook for 30 - 40 mins at 180 degrees. Turn out to cool and enjoy!
