how to make beetroot chocolate cake at home

how to make beetroot chocolate cake at home, perfect and delicious beetroot chocolate cake, it is a delicious cake for birthday and special occasions
Beetroot adds a dark, decadent earthy touch to this cake, and lessens the sweetness of the chocolate so that the icing can shine.

INGREDIENTS
* 400g butter, room temperature
* 200g brown sugar
* 200g caster sugar
* 1 tbsp vanilla extract
* 5 medium-large eggs
* 60g cocoa powder
* 300g plain flour
* 1 tbsp baking powder
* 2 tbsp sour cream
* ¼ cup dark chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
* 300g cooked beetroot (preferably roasted)

Icing
* 1-1½ cups icing sugar
* 1 tbsp cocoa powder
* 20g melted butter
* 2-3 tbsp condensed milk
* ½ cup fresh strawberries, to serve

METHOD
1- Grease and line a loaf tin and preheat the oven to 170C fan-forced (190C conventional).
2- Add the butter and brown sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat at medium speed until pale and creamy.
3- Add the vanilla bean paste, then the eggs one at a time, incorporating each egg fully before adding the next one.
4- Combine the cocoa and flour then add to the butter mixture and mix on low speed until just incorporated. Add a pinch of salt and the baking powder and mix briefly.
5- Add the cooled, melted chocolate and the sour cream and beat briefly.
6- Grate or blitz the beetroot then stir through the cake mixture.
7- Scoop mixture into the loaf tin and even out the top with a spatula. The mixture is thick but don't be alarmed. Cook for approximately 45-55 minutes, then allow to cool in tin before turning out.
8- Add the icing ingredients to a bowl, starting with 1 cup of the icing sugar, and stir with a fork to combine, adding the condensed milk slowly until the icing is thick and shiny. Generously slather the cake in icing and finish with fresh strawberries.

Serves 8

​This recipe is from Good Food's new TV show, Good Food Kitchen
https://www.goodfood.com.au/gfkitchen