Red Velvet Inspired Cake (with Beetroot)

Now this recipe is really cool! You may have heard of Red Velvet Cake before. It's quite famous in America and it's is said to be from New York, although some people say it's a classic recipe from New Orleans. Anyhow, whenever we saw most video recipes we thought that it's not actually a very spectacular cake. It's basically a nice vanilla sponge with a tiny amount of cocoa powder and food colouring, which seems to be the real reason for the cake's popularity. We instantly thought that we should change the recipe a bit and that we should substitute the food colouring. A lot of people don't like using food colouring because it is essentially made out of crushed beetles and some people are even
allergic to it. The substitute for this problem was an absolute no-brainer because we use it all the time in the kitchen: fresh beetroot! Really good fresh beetroot is incredibly sweet and very versatile to cook with, and it dyes everything dark red! It also adds a depth of flavour to the cake and adds moisture and texture, which makes it similar to carrot cake. And it goes so well with chocolate! We added a lot more cocoa powder to the cake, and it simply tastes amazing, almost like a really good browny, but with the added flavour of the beetroot and the vanilla. And having made an effort with the actual batter, we just couldn't make a usual buttercream frosting. Instead we made an incredible white chocolate frosting which tastes like the most amazing vanilla ice cream! And together, the cake and the icing are a real experience! The flavours and textures compliment each other so well.

If you like Red Velvet Cake, then try this recipe, and if you don't like Red Velvet Cake, then even more reason to try this recipe! Honestly, we should all be making more of this cake, it's that good...