Beetroot Chocolate cake |Chocolate beet microwave cake - Eggless wholewheat + No butter

I was surfing on net for eggless cake recipes when I came across this eggless beetroot chocolate cake.

I was excited with the idea of adding beets as it would make the cake healthy & one should include beets in their diet because of the innumerable health benefits

I tried this cake in my Whirlpool Magicook Microwave .So tHis is my first cake baked in microwave

Now coming to the taste .OMG it was out of the world delicious,chocolaty,fudgy & moist. I had kept in fridge for next 2 days (cake got over on third day itself) but still the cake tasted delicious and was soft & moist.And nope - you cannot taste the beetroot flavor at all.. So it is a win-win situation where you get your moist cake as well minus beetroot flavor.


Its definitely a recipe which I will recommend as one its made from whole wheat flour (chapati ata) and second beetroots are added to it


Recipe source :Lovefoodeat 


Ingredients:

Dry

1 ¼ cup whole wheat flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt

Wet

1 tbsp vanilla essence
¼ cup fresh butter/ oil (I had used saffola oil)
½ to ¾ cup  sugar
1 cup fresh buttermilk
½ cup boiled and pureed beets

Garnish

Chopped walnuts & cashewnuts (2 tbsp)


Method :

1 Peel beets and cut them into pieces & boil them in water or microwave till they become soft.Let them cool & puree them in mixer & keep aside.

2.Sieve the dry ingredients atleast twice.Greasa a six inch mould with butter / ghee ,sprinkle 1 tbsp flour tap it & throw away excess flour.

3. Dissolve the sugar completely in oil with help of a whisk.Add buttermilk & whisk for another minute .add vanilla essence & mix lightly.



4.Now add beetroot puree & mix gently.Pre heat microwave at 180C for 10 minutes.



5.Now add dry ingredients (sieved in step 2) part by part slowly & mix the batter.Our batter is ready.



6 Now pour batter about three fourth height of cake mould .Sprinkle dryfruits of your choice . Tap the cake mould before putting in microwave.



7. Bake for  30 -35 minutes or till the toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean at 180 C in convection mode .( Timing will vary depending on your microwave).

8. Let the cake cool completely before slicing


Tips

1.1.If you do not have buttermilk, you can simply use 1 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar in the recipe.