I have been cooking with quite a lot of beetroot recently and this is by far one of my favourite recipes. This Chocolate and Beetroot Muffins Recipe is based on a Stephanie Alexander one I found here.
As they are quite a moist muffin, the freeze very well.
Chocolate and Beetroot Muffins Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 medium beetroots
- 1 1/4 plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 60 grams butter
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup caster sugar
- 1/2 cup soft brown sugar
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Add patty pan cases to muffin tins – we made 18 muffins from this recipe
3. Peel the beetroot and grate. If you don’t want pink hands, I recommend wearing gloves!
4. Add flour, baking powder and cocoa into a large mixing bowl.
5. In a separate bowl whisk eggs and milk.
6. Soften the butter. I place it the microwave for a short burst if I haven’t removed it from the fridge earlier in the day.
7. In another bowl add butter, oil and sugars. Beat with electric beater until creamy.
8. Add about a third of the flour mixture to this and stir gently in.
9. Then add about a third of the egg mixture and stir. Repeat until you finish up the mixtures.
10. Add the grated beetroot to a large bowl and add the mixture. Stir until well combined.
11. Add the mixture to the patty cases.
12. Bake for about 20-25 minutes.
13. Cool on a rack and enjoy.
Do you have a favourite beetroot recipe?
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These look delicious! I’ve always wanted to do some beetroot-based baking but had never seen a recipe that floated my boat. We’re always looking for good-to-freeze things here too (otherwise the weeks worth of baked goods get eaten by…me) so these will be on the meal plan for next week.
My favourite way to have beetroot is still roasted though. Peel, quarter, drizzle with olive oil, salt & pepper. Roast for 40 min. So insanely tasty!
I think you can read my mind as your recipes always parallel what I want/need to try next. Hoping to do a chocolate and some kind of veggie cake for my son’s birthday next week. Does the beetroot colour get onto the boards too? Worried about stains.
These look SO good. I’ve never baked with beetroot although I adore it in savoury dishes. My give this a try.
Sounds delicious! I love the combination of chocolate and beetroot. It is so moist and delicious!
Tried these today – yummy while still warm. Hope some make it to the freezer for lunch box fillers!
Thanks for letting me know. I will definitely be making a double batch next time.
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Just made a batch of these today to use up some beetroot I found lurking in the bottom of the fridge – they were great. The kids all had friends over and everyone liked them. Good to get a bit of veg into a treat
Thanks for letting me know Cheryl – I love hearing the recipes work for others!