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beetroot and tumbling chocolate bundt – a showstopper cake for the chocoholic

16 August 2015 by Dominic Franks

… or ‘escape from chocolate mountain‘ – as The Viking likes to call it!

never mind the Great British Bake Off, this weekend marks the return of the Aby Village Show and the annual baking, crafting and gardening shenanigans of the local hoodlums… oh they may look like ordinary, innocent village folk but they are fiercely competitive with an evil streak for not taking any prisoners when it comes to dishing out sympathy.  You’re either a winner or you may as well climb back into your hole… Oh yes, it all has the dusted sheen of your average country village fete with the bunting and the little white-haired old ladies who wouldn’t harm a fly but believe me when i say that beneath the surface lies evil.  True, proper, jam-covered evil…

I baked all day yesterday; this cake, a lemon curd swiss roll, a speciality bread with sun-dried tomatoes and walnuts and some orange blossom chocolate creams all of which I will share with you over the next few days… but as for now, i’m up early and off to lay out my entries in the village hall.  I will update this post with the results later this afternoon…

sun-dried tomato, walnut, honey and rosemary loaf


lemon curd cream Swiss Roll


orange blossom chocolate creams


beetroot and tumbling chocolate bundt – a showstopper cake for the chocoholic
as I outlined last month here on the blog, the categories for this years show have been changed to much chagrin amongst the baking cognoscente of Belleau and Aby but one of the bakes has the heading of ‘a showstopper cake for the chocoholic’ and I really couldn’t resist.  Now, if you know me, I’m not really one for the stopping of the show and I prefer a plain, what-you-see-is-what-you-get the of cake but i’m always up for the competition so i’ve turned my hand to this little number.  The basic bundt is a recipe i’ve made before here in the blog but I loved the idea

for the cake
250g plain chocolate broken up
3 large free range eggs
200g light muscovado sugar
100ml sunflower oil
1tsp vanilla extract
100g self raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarb
1/2 tsp baking powder
50g ground almonds
200g raw beetroot – finely grated
50g cox’s apples – finely grated

for the icing
100g icing sugar
100g cream cheese
beetroot juice (left over from above)
50g dark chocolate – melted

a selection of chocolates for tumbling

– melt the chocolate (i did it in a microwave but a double boiler is the traditional way)
– whisk together the egg, sugar and oil until smooth and creamy, stir in the vanilla extract then fold in the flour, bicarb, baking powder and ground almonds
– grate the raw beetroot and apple, squeeze out most of the liquid (set aside for the icing) and fold it into the cake mix along with the cooled melted chocolate
– pour the mixture into your cake tin (I used my 25cm round bundt tin) and bake on 170 for 40 mins – 1hr.

– once out of the oven and cooled you can ice to your fancy… i’ve simply used the beetroot juice beaten with some icing sugar and cream cheese to create this simple yet eye-popping icing… then i’ve taken advantage of the hole in the centre of the bundt to create a vessel for the mixed chocolates which i’ve let tumble gently down the sides of the bunt… 

…well… it didn’t go quite according to plan.  yes, I won first for my chocolate orange creams, yes I won second for my lemon curd cream Swiss Roll and yes I won third for my bread but this beetroot and chocolate beauty failed to even place anywhere… I am at a loss and in need of therapy.  I may not speak for a month…

eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Laura Denman says

    16 August 2015 at 8:49 am

    Good luck Dom! You'd win if I were judging 🙂

  2. Jacqueline Meldrum says

    16 August 2015 at 10:43 am

    Well that explains your baking frenzy. Good luck! I'd like to tuck into that bread first off.

  3. Susan Lindquist says

    16 August 2015 at 9:12 pm

    Oh my darling! All i can say is … those other contenders had better be over the top when it comes to that beet root confection! I knew when I saw the bread that it would place! The candies … the candies! Huzzah! XO for the cook !

  4. Janice Pattie says

    16 August 2015 at 9:21 pm

    You were robbed! It must have been the beetroot, the downfall of many a star baker and perhaps the 'effects' were not to the taste of your evil judges. Well done on the other prizes, all your goodies look divine to me.

  5. Baking Addict says

    16 August 2015 at 10:07 pm

    Congratulations on all your other wins – everything looks fantastic and I can't believe that this showstopper of a cake didn't place anywhere. It looks like a first place cake to me!

  6. The Kitchenmaid says

    17 August 2015 at 2:16 am

    I'm with Janice, you wuz robbed! It all looks amazing. Can we have the other recipes too please sir? Especially that bread, and the orange blossom creams!

  7. belleau kitchen says

    17 August 2015 at 6:03 am

    Thanks. Wish you had been!

  8. belleau kitchen says

    17 August 2015 at 6:03 am

    Thanks. The bread was so good. I made two loaves and had some. Toasted. So yummy!

  9. belleau kitchen says

    17 August 2015 at 6:04 am

    Thanks Susan. That bread was phenominal!

  10. belleau kitchen says

    17 August 2015 at 6:05 am

    Oh I just don't get it. I shouldn't have said there was beetroot in it. You can't taste it. I think it may have been a little to sophisticated for this lot!!

  11. belleau kitchen says

    17 August 2015 at 6:06 am

    Thank you. The competition was tough!

  12. belleau kitchen says

    17 August 2015 at 6:08 am

    Thanks Lucy. Yes. Recipes coming soon!

  13. Magnolia Verandah says

    17 August 2015 at 7:55 am

    I can't believe it!! Jealousy is all I can think of. Congrats on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places – all showstoppers in their own right!

  14. Shu Han says

    17 August 2015 at 10:31 am

    That cake looks insane! Look at that bright pink icing! Win or not, well done. Great flavours going there too. Such a revelation when I first ever combined beetroot and chocolate in baking… can hardly believe something so earthy and well, healthy, makes the cake so much more moist and…chocolatey. Can't wait to try your version out! x

  15. Jean says

    18 August 2015 at 7:43 am

    I think you're right. Fearsomely competitive they may be but sophisticated they are obviously not! Otherwise your staggeringly fabulous cake would have sailed through to first place, no trouble.

  16. Phil in the Kitchen says

    18 August 2015 at 8:30 pm

    I'm in shock at the lack of appreciation for this cake. It would stop my show any time.

  17. George SSF says

    19 August 2015 at 3:57 am

    The cakes looks awesome. What a good idea. All the best!

  18. Bindia says

    19 August 2015 at 10:05 am

    Looks delicious… Great wishes to you.

  19. Joanna says

    19 August 2015 at 5:47 pm

    Beetroot and chocolate…wow what a combo! It looks delicious!

  20. Clare says

    20 August 2015 at 12:57 pm

    Congratulations! But commiserations too and a big slice of WTF? That cake looks incredible.

  21. Choclette Blogger says

    22 August 2015 at 7:03 pm

    That's outrageous, how could you not have won with such a beauty as this Dom? Maybe it was all the talk of evil witches!!! Just LOVE this and am only wondering why it's not been added to WSC? Congratulations on your other wins. I'm a firm believer that you make the best rolls ever, so you really should have got a first for that too.

  22. Choclette Blogger says

    22 August 2015 at 7:10 pm

    AND careful what you say. I was a judge in our very own Bake Off last week to find the Liskeard Bun 😉

  23. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    22 August 2015 at 7:44 pm

    Travesty!!! You were robbed!!! This cake is original, delicious and perfect…… I think the judge may have been bribed by an evil village baker too jealous to let this one through…. Do you have a good therapist?
    Congratulations on your other prizes though….. all well deserved x

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