The Best Chocolate Cake-Ever
At my house chocolate cake is the cake ordered from my kitchen for birthday dinners for a lot of my family members. One of my kids likes my Oreo Cheesecake so I’ll do that recipe another day but for today’s blog I want to share this chocolate cake.
Mariner’s chocolate beet cake
I got the recipe many years ago while away at a swim meet here in Victoria, BC. A fellow parent and I were on duty chaperoning an away meet for our kids. This meant we supplied and cooked food for a lot of swimmers and coaches over a 4 day period. It was a big task to say the least. Anyway, my friend brought this cake along to feed the swimmers as a treat one night after dinner. I have never made another chocolate cake after I tried this one. So, today I am passing it on. I dare you to try and top this one!
This recipe actually calls for beets. I try to get away with thinking it makes it healthy but I think I’m kidding myself on that one. The beets do make it super moist though, and you certainly can’t tell it has beets in it. Here’s the recipe!
MARINER’S CHOCOLATE BEET CAKE
1 1/2c white sugar
2 eggs
1 c canola
14 oz. can beets with a LITTLE of the juice, pureed
1 t vanilla
6 T Cocoa
1 ¾ c all purpose flour
1 ½ t baking soda
1 ½ t salt
¾ t peppermint extract
Beet cake ingredients
Directions
Beat sugar and eggs in mixer
Add pureed beets and oil
Stir in cocoa, flour, soda, salt, peppermint and vanilla
Beat for 2 mins
Turn batter into 9 x 13 oiled pan or two round ones
Bake at 350F for approximately 35 mins (or until toothpick comes out clean)
Ice cake when cool
Beat the sugar and eggs in a mixer
Pureed beet
Almost ready to go into the oven
Chocolate Icing
½ c soft butter
1 c icing sugar
2/3 c Cocoa
Mix together
Add: 1 t vanilla
2 T milk
2 T hot coffee
Mix all ingredients until smooth.
Let me know if you like this.
I have been asked for this recipe so many times so I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does!!