Eggless Beet Chocolate Cake

It's hard, it's really hard when you take a sabbatical from work. And in my world sabbatical means "I-don't-know-how-much-long-this-break-is-going-to-be". I am not blaming this period. It's good, way-to-good, out-of-the-world-good. But at times, I would love to have some me-time. Like sitting alone, huddled in the couch with F.R.I.E.N.D.S or Grey's Anatomy playing non-stop, sipping a cup of piping hot vanilla latte... Do you get me??? And then something to keep me occupied. Other than blogging. Something like an 8 hour work. Meetings, conferences, onsite calls, status updates, stress, pressure and more. Oh how I wish I was back to work...

I thank that I am at least upto blogging. A stress reliever, I would say. When the kid takes his afternoon nap, I would be there in front of my laptop, composing a post or bloghopping with my cup of hot coffee to give me company. And then there is baking. A comforter in fact. I bake when I am happy, I bake when I am down, I bake for birthdays and I bake for my son... And the 22nd of every month is a pretext for me to bake. Its a ritual but that does not mean that I have to bake, I could make sweets too but I bake, just another pretext. Its been a long time since I made a chocolate cake and so I knew immediately what I would bake for the 22nd.

Also the beetroot puree that was sitting in my fridge had to be put into use. I have seen recipes combining chocolate and beetroot in cakes and so was browsing for some easy recipes. And talking about the beetroot puree, that is another story which I will be sharing in another post. I came across this recipe accidentally in one of my facebook food communities and the ease of the recipe got me hooked to it. Its simple, healthy and the result is soft, moist and yummy cake. I used unbleached all purpose flour but to make it all the more healthy use wheat flour just as the recipe tells.

Makes: 9 medium squares or one 8x8 square cake; Baking time: 30 mins; Prep time: 15 mins Adapted from Loovefoodeat ~*What U Need*~ Unbleached All purposse flour - 1 1/4 cup Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup Baking soda - 1 tsp Baking powder - 1/4 tsp Salt - 1/4 tsp Unsalted Butter - 1/4 cup, softened Sugar - 1/2 cup Brown sugar - 1/4 cup Buttermilk - 1 cup Beetroot puree - 1/2 cup, boil and puree beetroots How I Made it: Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 8x8 inch square pan. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. Whisk well. In another bowl, mix butter and sugar and beat till light and fluffy. Next add the pureed beetroots and buttermilk and mix well. Add this to the dry ingredients and fold gently. Pour this into the greased cake pan and bake for 30 mins or till done. Cool completely and slice.

Serve warm with some cold milk!!!

So thats it Folks...
With Love,

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