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Chocolate, Beetroot, Espresso & Rye Cake: Dairy & Refined Sugar Free.

INGREDIENTS:
Cake:
200g Beetroot, cooked
60g Dark Chocolate, melted
20g Honey
2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
2 tsp Espresso Powder
3 Eggs
150g Rapadura/Coconut Sugar
Pinch Salt
85g Ground Almonds
40g Rye Flour
¼ tsp Cornflour
Icing:
150g Dark Chocolate
150g Double Cream
2 tsp Espresso Powder
2 tsp Maple syrup
METHOD:
1. Begin with the cake. Grease and lightly cocoa powder two 6” sandwich tins, taking care to line the base with baking paper. Set aside. Preheat the oven 160C.
2. Add the beetroot, chocolate, honey, cocoa and espresso powder to a blender and blend until smooth.
3. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until light, fluffy and paler in colour. Gently mix this into the beetroot mixture.
4. Sift over the salt, almonds and flours and very gently fold in, taking care not to lose too much air. Divide between the tins and bake on the middle shelf for 30-35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Alternatively, pour the whole mix into a swiss roll tin out of which you can cut shapes to make individual layer cakes as pictured. These will take a little less time to bake.
5. When the cake is baked, cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. Meanwhile make the icing by heating the cream & espresso powder until steaming in a pan. Pour this over the chocolate and leave, untouched for 2 minutes.
7. Starting from the edges inwards, whisk until just combined, smooth and silky. Add the maple, gently whisk and leave alone as over whisking may cause it to split.
8. Set aside until it thickens to the consistency you want to sandwich the cakes together.