Natural RED Velvet Cake(beets, not food coloring)

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 289.2
  • Total Fat: 10.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 4.6 mg
  • Sodium: 218.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 47.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
  • Protein: 3.5 g

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Introduction

A really moist and nutritious version of red velvet(old school version) A really moist and nutritious version of red velvet(old school version)
Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    Flours: cornmeal, spelt, wholeWheat and grinded oats for oat flour
    Sugar
    Cocoa Powder
    Baking Powder
    Beets, 1 can
    Coconut Oil
    Lemon Juice
    Vanilla Extracts

    Frosting is 1/2 of sweetened condensed milk and 3/4 cup of Cream Cheese.

Directions

Puree 1 can (drained, reserve liquid) of Beets
add 3-4 tbsps of the beet water and the Lemon Juice and vanilla extract to make up puree.

In mixing bowl, add flour/sugar/dry carob powder/b.powder.

Using a small bowl over slow boiling water, melt the chocolate chips and add melted coconut oil until fully melted.

Add the puree to the dry ingredients and integrate well.
Then add the melted chips & oil to the batter.

You can either make into cupcakes, or a cake pan. The nutritional value is for a 9-inch cake pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for roughly 25-35 minutes.

Cool and then frost:

For frosting: I use the same method for the melting of the chocolate chips and melt the sweet condensed milk till smooth, then add in the cream cheese.

Refridgerate Cake

Serving Size: 9-inch Cake Pan, 10 slices

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PHATCATALYST.

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    Very difficult to make the cake when it doesn't list measurements for the ingredients. - 10/18/13