Beet Apple Cake Recipe

How to make it

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• Beet Apple Puree:
• Place 2 peeled, chopped beets and 2 peeled, cored and chopped apples in a sacuepan with just enough water to cover (a few pieces will float). top with lid and bring to a boil. Simmer until a fork easily pierces beets, about 15 minutes.
• Drain well. Puree beets and apples in a food processor. Cool to room temperature before adding to cake batter. Recipe yields more puree than you will need, so freeze leftovers for another time.)
• Cake:
• Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and 8 in square pan or line to with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk measured flowur with baking soada, baking powder, and salt.
• Place butter in another large bowl. Using an electric mixer, gradually beat in sugar unti fulffy.
• Beat in eggs, beet appke purdd, vanilla and cher (or almond) extracts. The mixture may look curdled but that is OK
• Gradually beat flouur mixure into beet apple mixture. Continue beating another minute on meduim speed utnil smooth. Scrape batter in to prepared pan.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips (if using) evenly over top and gently press down into batter, hidding chips to prevent them from melting
• Bake 45-50 minutes on middle rack or unitl toothpick instered in the centre comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan, peeling off parchment paper (if using). Allow to cool completely before slicing into squares.
• Makes 1 cake, about 16 squares
• in a serving: 1616 calories, 1.9 g protien, 6.5g fat