If you are sick of the same type of dessert you will love this Gluten-free Chocolate Beet Cake. It’s made with homemade beet puree, almond flour, coconut flour, and melted dark chocolate on top.
I’m going to start this post saying that although this cake is made with beet puree, it is insanely delicious and doesn’t taste like beets at all.
I guarantee that when you eat a piece of this delicious Gluten-free Chocolate Beet Cake you won’t think about beets, but about chocolate.
But you will use beet puree in this cake just to get all the great benefits from this awesome root. I love using beets in my recipes like my Easy Beet Sweet Potato Soup Recipe, Slow Cooker Beet Chili Recipe, and Autumn Beet Orange Salad Recipe because they’re such a versatile and delicious ingredient!
When I made this recipe I never thought it would turn out this good. I can honestly say that I’m pretty happy with the results. My husband tried it before knowing that this cake is made with beet. He told me that he had never imagined how good it could be adding beet. I swear this Gluten-free Chocolate Beet Cake is the best beet cake you can ever try. You should 100% make this cake because it’s so worth it.
I talked about the benefits of adding beet to this cake, but this indulgent treat has lots of goodness that comes from the cacao powder and the almond flour as well. As you can see, you have lots of amazing reasons to make this cake, don’t you think? On top of that this Gluten-free Chocolate Beet Cake has a soft and dense texture that makes this cake even more delicious. Enjoy!
Want another delicious and gluten-free baked treat? Try my Almond Flour Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Pumpkin Cake!
Gluten-free Chocolate Beet Cake
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Ingredients
Wet ingredients for the cake
- 2 cooked small beets pureed
- ½ cup almond butter or peanut butter
- 1/3 cup honey
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dry ingredients for the cake
- ½ cup almond flour
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons cacao powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup chocolate chips
For the frosting
- 1 cup dark chocolate chopped
- ¼ cup almond milk
Instructions
For the cake
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F and grease an 8x8 square cake pan with coconut oil. Then place a piece of parchment paper on the bottom of the cake pan, leaving an overhang on the sides to lift the cake out when it’s done. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl add all the wet ingredients and mix well until combined.
- In another medium bowl add all the dry ingredients and mix everything well.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir well.
- Transfer the batter to the greased pan and bake for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted in the center and comes out clean.
- While the cake is in the oven, make the chocolate frosting (recipe below).
- Let the cake cool in the pan before cutting into squares.
- Gently spoon chocolate frosting onto the top of the cake squares. Enjoy!
For the frosting
- In a heatproof bowl, add dark chocolate over simmering water.
- When the chocolate is starting to melt, add the almond milk and mix well until all is combined and smooth.
- Allow the chocolate frosting to cool before icing the cake.
Notes
- You can roast the beets, boil them, or buy them pre-cooked! Pre-cooked beets will save you time.
- Use gloves to keep your hands from staining when peeling and slicing beets to puree.
- You can use any type of chocolate chips such as dark, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate.
- To store: Tightly wrap up the cake and store it in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- To freeze: Once the cake is cooled, skip adding the berries and tightly wrap the cake. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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yaaaaaaas!! I love chocolate beet cakes! I’ve made a few in my day, but your recipe looks glorious! I can’t wait to try it out! 😀
Happy you like it, my friend 😉
Hi! I just made this cake and it was very good, but not too chocolate-flavored. I saw in the description above that you mentioned cacao powder – should this be on the list of dry ingredients? If so, I’ll adjust next time I make it! Thanks!
Hi, Katie. I’m sorry about that. Yes, it should be on the list of dry ingredients. I just adjusted the recipe to clear further confusion. Thanks for pointing it out.
About how much beet puree do you end up with, the size of beets varies so much–about 1/2 cup? Thanks, I am going to try this. Love your recipes. They are always a hit.
Thank you.
Yes, it’s about 1/2 cup.
This cake looks delicious. Do you think it’s possible to replace the eggs with flax eggs or other egg substitute? Also do you think it’s possible to reduce the sweetness if required? Can’t wait to make it ☺
Ye you can replace eggs for flax egg and reduce the sweetness too 😉
Made it for my Dad he loved it 😊 thank you. I doubled the recipe to make a big cake
So happy to hear that. Thanks for your lovely review 😉
I just made the cake. It’s really yummy. Can you freeze the cake?
yes you can 😉
can i bake it into cupcakes, rather than a cake? baking time for how long ?
thanks
Sorry, I can’t say for sure because I’ve never baked it into cupcakes, but I think it may work. Please, let me know if you try it 😉
About to try this for my daughters biethday. Any ideas on substitutes for the peanut or almond butter? No allergies, just curious.
You can use cashew butter or sunflower seeds butter too.
Do you cook the beets before puréeing them?
yes you do.
If I want the cake to be more chocolatey, is it ok to increase the cocoa powder to 1/2 cup?
No, it will be a lot. You can use 1/4 cup.
This cake is fantastic! So fluffy and moist and perfect! I like my chocolate cakes very chocolaty so I used 1/4 cup of cocoa powder (per your recommendation in a previous comment). I ran out of peanut butter so I substituted some mashed banana with the little bit of nut butter I had and cut back the sugar. This will be my go to cake recipe! Thank you!
That’s awesome. Happy you liked it!
What can be used as a substitute for coconut flour?
Unfortunately no!