{"id":152,"date":"2008-09-20T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=152"},"modified":"2008-09-20T15:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T19:40:00","slug":"chocolate-beet-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Beet Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Secret Chocolate Cake<\/strong> from <em>Simply in Season<\/em> by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">Hockman<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_1\">Wert<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2 c beets (cooked, peeled, and chopped)<br \/>1\/2 c applesauce<br \/>Puree in blender <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_2\">until<\/span> smooth, set aside<\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 cup sugar<br \/>1\/2 cup oil<br \/>1\/2 cup plain yogurt<br \/>3 eggs<br \/>Combine in large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 cup cocoa (sifted)<br \/>1 1\/2 tsp vanilla<br \/>Add along with puree beets: beat another 90 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 c flour<br \/>1c whole wheat flour<br \/>1 1\/2 tsp baking soda<br \/>1\/2 tsp salt<br \/>1 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)<br \/>Gradually sift into the batter, mixing it win with a spoon but stirring only until blended.<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 c chocolate chips and\/or nuts (chopped)<br \/>Stir in. Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch\/ 3.5 L baking pan. Bake in preheated oven at 350F (180C) <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_3\">until<\/span> knife inserted in center comes out clean, 40-50 min. To bake in a <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_4\">bundt<\/span> pan, pour half of batter into greased pan, sprinkle chocolate ships evenly on top, then add remaining batter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modified <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_5\">Version<\/span><\/strong><br \/>For those of you that have tasted and enjoyed the modified version (albeit, less healthier), here are the following modifications:<br \/>1 a little more apple sauce, all made straight from apples, no sugar added (approx 1\/4 cup)<br \/>2 add a extra heaping 1\/2 c sugar <br \/>3 a healthy 1\/4 c more of oil (or butter)<br \/>4 a bit less than 1\/2 c extra of cocoa<br \/>5 All white flour instead of whole wheat, or just less whole wheat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secret Chocolate Cake from Simply in Season by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman&#8211;Wert 2 c beets (cooked, peeled, and chopped)1\/2 c applesaucePuree in blender until smooth, set aside 1 1\/2 cup sugar1\/2 cup oil1\/2 cup plain yogurt3 eggsCombine in large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer 2 minutes 1\/2 cup cocoa (sifted)1 1\/2 tsp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}