Beetroot cake

Beetroot cake

A chocolate and beetroot cake
Type	Loaf, sheet cake, layer cake, cupcake
Region or state	Western Europe
Main ingredients	Flour, eggs, sugar, beetroot, and baking powder[1]
Variations	Chocolate

Beetroot cake is cake that contains beetroots mixed into the batter. Beetroot juice is sometimes used for colouring in red velvet cake.[2] A variation is chocolate and beetroot cake, which combines the moisture of beetroot with the flavour of chocolate.[3]

Commercially, the cake can also be manufactured with the use of beetroot powder, with the aim of producing cakes with a higher nutrient content.[4] The addition of beetroot to other cake types also improves the oxidative stability and shelf life.[5][6]

See also

• Carrot cake

References

1. "Recipes. Beetroot cake". riverford.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
2. "Beetroot cake". BBC Good Food.
3. "Just beet it". Australian Gourmet Traveller. Vol. 10, no. 6. 2010. pp. 130–136. Retrieved 13 April 2024 – via EBSCOHost.
4. Srivastava, S., & Singh, K. (2018). Nutritional Differences found in two values added baked products of beetroot (Beta vulgaris). International Journal of Science, Engineering and Management, 3(4), 209-212.
5. Ranawana, Viren; Moynihan, Emma; Campbell, Fiona; Duthie, Garry; Raikos, Vassilios (1 July 2018). "Beetroot improves oxidative stability and functional properties of processed foods: singular and combined effects with chocolate". Journal of Food Science and Technology. 55 (7): 2401–2409. doi:10.1007/s13197-018-3157-3. ISSN 0975-8402. PMC 6033829. PMID 30042555.
6. Nagib, Rasha M.; Zidan, Nahla S. (31 December 2019). "Fortification of Cake with Sweet Potato and Beetroot Flour as Natural Antioxidant During Storage". Alexandria Science Exchange Journal. 40 (OCTOBER–DECEMBER): 754–766. doi:10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2019.70264. ISSN 1110-0176.