Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Beets

It is usually not necessary to peel them, just scrub the skins to ensure you won't eat our dirt. Try steaming them. then drizzle them with a little butter and salt. Or you could make a sweet and sour "sauce" to pour over them by combining vinegar and a bit less sugar and maybe some cloves, or allspice. Or you could make a cake...

Beet Chocolate Cake
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3-4 ouncees unsweetened chocolate
4 eggs
1/4 cups oil
3 cups shredded beets
Heat oven to 32 degrees. Grease two 9 inch cake pans. Whisk dry ingredients together. Melt chocolate very slowly over low heat or in a double boiler. Cool chocolate and blend thoroughly with the eggs and oil. Combine dry ingredients and the chocolate mixture alternating with the beets. Pour into pans. Bake until a fork can be remved from te center cleanly, 40-50 minutes.

1 comment:

  1. I love beets and this cake sounds great. super way to eat your veggies.

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