Chocolate Beet Bundt Cake With Pecans Recipe
Ingredients
| 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder | ||
| All purpose flour | 2 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Pecans | 1 Cup (16 tbs), finley chopped | |
| Baking powder | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Butter stick | 3 | |
| Granulated Sugar | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 5 jumbo eggs | ||
| Vanilla extract | 2 Teaspoon | |
| 2 medium beets—peeled, cut into pieces and very finely chopped | ||
| 3/4 cup milk, at room temperature | ||
| Confectioner’s sugar | 1 Tablespoon | |
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 300°. Butter a 12-cup bundt pan well, paying special attention to the crevices and central tube. Dust the pan with 2 tablespoons of the cocoa, tapping out any excess.
2. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup of the flour with the pecans; toss well to coat and set aside. Into a medium bowl, sift the remaining 2 1/2 cups flour and 1/2 cup cocoa powder with the baking powder 3 times; set aside.
3. In an electric mixer, cream the butter until silvery and light, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in the granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, then beat on high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
4. With the mixer on low, beat in the eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in the vanilla. Add the beets and mix until incorporated. By hand, stir in the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk, using about 4 additions of the dry and 3 of milk and beating just enough to mix after each addition. Fold in the pecans and any dredging flour.
5. Spoon the batter into the pan and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until the cake has pulled away from the sides and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean; the top will crack slightly.
6. Let the cake cool in the pan on a rack. To unmold, loosen around the edge and central tube with a thin spatula, then invert onto the rack and let cool for 1 hour. Just before serving, dust the cake lightly with confectioners' sugar.
2. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup of the flour with the pecans; toss well to coat and set aside. Into a medium bowl, sift the remaining 2 1/2 cups flour and 1/2 cup cocoa powder with the baking powder 3 times; set aside.
3. In an electric mixer, cream the butter until silvery and light, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in the granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, then beat on high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
4. With the mixer on low, beat in the eggs, 1 at a time. Beat in the vanilla. Add the beets and mix until incorporated. By hand, stir in the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk, using about 4 additions of the dry and 3 of milk and beating just enough to mix after each addition. Fold in the pecans and any dredging flour.
5. Spoon the batter into the pan and bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until the cake has pulled away from the sides and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean; the top will crack slightly.
6. Let the cake cool in the pan on a rack. To unmold, loosen around the edge and central tube with a thin spatula, then invert onto the rack and let cool for 1 hour. Just before serving, dust the cake lightly with confectioners' sugar.
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