beet cake... ugh gross...

no! beet cake is great. especially if you put too much nutmeg in it like i did, now it's gingerbread beet cake! 

but seriously, folks, you got a ton of beets at home just sittin' in your 'fridge. what should you do with them?! answer: make a chocolate beet cake. 

i didn't make dinner last night because it was sunday and the sunday special at piece is $25 for an x-large pizza and a growler of beer. (growler, i'll agree, is the dumbest word, but it's like at mccminnamin's when you buy that mason jar and then can refill it)

anyway, back to the cake. 

1 cup butter, divided

1 1.5 cup packed brown sugar

3 eggs

1.5 oz dark chocolate - i used more! 

5 medium beets or 2 cups pureed beets

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

.25 tsp salt

.5 tsp cinnamon

.25 tsp nutmeg

boil beets until they're tender. let them cool! they're so hot you'll burn your hands. get the skins off. then puree them in the blender until smooth. 

cream half the butter and sugar. add eggs. melt the chocolate with the rest of the butter and add to the mix. add the beets and vanilla, mix well. (as if you were going to mix poorly, that step is condescending) 

add the rest of the dry ingredients and remember that it's 1/4 tsp nutmeg not 1/2 tsp -- ugh. i have to follow directions better. 

bake at 375 until it's done. and don't eat it until it's cool - when it's hot it tastes like beets, gross, but when it's cool it'll just taste like chocolate -- or nutmeg in my case. 

hope it's great. 

i got a helmet yesterday and i look lame but at least when i get hit by a car my head won't break. charlie getting doored on damen was the last straw. also mogan accidently bought a girl's bike and i'm going to buy it from him! 

hope you're doing well.

love,

keighty