Beetroot & chocolate cake

• large cooked beetroot↗1

  about 175g in weight, roughly chopped

• plain flour↗200g g
• cocoa powder↗100g g
• baking powder↗1 tbsp tbsp
• golden caster sugar↗250g g
• eggs↗3
• vanilla extract↗2 tsp tsp
• sunflower oil↗200ml ml
• dark chocolate↗100g g

  (not too bitter), chopped into pieces

• crème fraîche↗

  or clotted cream, to serve

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Tip the beetroot into a food processor and blitz until chopped. Add a pinch of salt and the rest of the ingredients, except the oil and chocolate. When completely mixed (you may need to scrape the sides down once or twice), add the oil in a steady stream, as if you were making mayonnaise.

2. 2

   When all the oil has been added, stir in the chocolate, then tip the mix into a lined 900g loaf tin. Cook for 1 hr until an inserted skewer comes out practically clean. leave the loaf to cool on a rack. Serve in slices with the crème fraîche or clotted cream.