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Middle Eastern · Dessert

Chocolate Beet Cake with Olive Oil Glaze

A moist chocolate cake made with roasted beet puree, which adds sweetness and depth but no beet taste. A simple olive oil glaze finishes it.

  • YieldServes 8 · 1 cake (8 in), 8 slices
  • Hands-on55 min
  • Total3 h 57 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Cake

  • 680 gbeets, scrubbed, trimmed, roasted whole
  • 55 gbittersweet chocolate, 70% cacao
  • 155 gall-purpose flour
  • 25 gunsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tspbaking soda
  • 1 tspkosher salt
  • 2eggs
  • 200 ggranulated sugar
  • 210 mlcanola oil

Olive oil glaze

  • 180 gconfectioners' sugar
  • 3 tbspwhole milk, plus a little more if needed
  • 3 tbspextra-virgin olive oil, plus more if needed

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Soy
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Olive
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Beetroot
  • Lecithin (any source)
  • Caffeine and theobromine
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)
  • Cacao and cocoa

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Creamy
  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stand mixer
  • Food processor

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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