Do you already know the secret weapon that makes chocolate cake particularly juicy?
So much can be revealed: It is a typical winter vegetable.
Here you can find out the unusual recipe.
Hardly anyone can resist a good chocolate cake, right?
Most of the recipes are super easy to bake and a delicious treat will quickly appear on the coffee table.
Very important: the cake must not get too dry.
This mainly happens when you simply stir cocoa powder into the batter.
This can be remedied by ingredients that make the cake juicy.
From sour cream or cola to mayonnaise * and shredded courgette - there are many “secret ingredients” that promise particularly juicy chocolate cakes.
But bet you don't know the variant from this recipe yet?
The unusual secret ingredient for this chocolate cake is beetroot.
Don't worry, you won't even taste the round tuber, but the cake will be all the more aromatic.
It is also a vegan recipe with wholemeal flour and very little sugar: a kind of healthy chocolate cake!
Here we go.
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Vegan recipe for a juicy chocolate cake with beetroot: the ingredients
Ingredients for a springform pan (26 cm diameter):
300 g whole wheat flour (wheat or spelled)
140 g sugar or a sweetener alternative (e.g. xylitol or erythritol)
40 g cocoa powder
2 teaspoons of baking soda
1 pinch of salt
400 g cooked beetroot
80 g dark chocolate
120 ml vegetable oil (e.g. rapeseed or sunflower oil)
100 ml plant-based drink (e.g. oat milk or almond milk)
3 flaxseed eggs *
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
*
Flaxseed eggs
are a vegan egg substitute that you can easily prepare as follows: Mix 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed with 3 tablespoons of warm water in a small bowl.
Let stand for 5 minutes until the mass thickens.
You will need three flaxseed eggs for this recipe, so mix 3 tablespoons of flaxseed with 9 tablespoons of water.
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How to bake the juicy chocolate cake with beetroot - vegan recipe
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C top / bottom heat.
First, mix all of the dry ingredients - flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt - in a bowl with a whisk.
Process the beetroot into puree in a mixer.
Melt the chocolate over a hot water bath.
Add the oil and the vegetable drink and heat them up until the ingredients combine well.
Let the mixture cool down briefly.
Then add them to the bowl with the dry ingredients.
Now add the flaxseed eggs, apple cider vinegar and beetroot puree and stir everything well until you get a smooth dough.
Grease a springform pan or line it with parchment paper, fill in the dough and smooth it out.
Bake the chocolate cake in the oven for about 35-40 minutes.
Do the chopsticks test towards the end of the baking time.
Then let the chocolate cake cool down and remove it from the springform pan.
If you like, you can dust it with powdered sugar or cover it with a chocolate icing.
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