Garden veg to cake...

As I really like carrot cake and chocolate/beetroot cake, I wanted to try other recipes with vegetables. Well, I'm really not convinced... Maybe there's hope for the parsnip cake but the pumpkin, almond and apricot cake I do not want to eat, ever, again.

Comme j'aime bien le gâteau à la carotte et le gâteau chocolat/betterave, je voulais essayer d'autres recettes avec des légumes... Je ne suis pas vraiment convaincue... Il y a peut-être espoir pour le gâteau au panais mais celui citrouille, amandes et abricots, je ne veux plus jamais y goûter. Jamais.

Beetroot and Chocolate Brownies

I made Beetroot and Chocolate Cupcakes a while back and although they were really nice, I wanted to try a recipe starting with cooked beetroot. I picked the River Cottage recipe and the result was truly fantastic. You can see that it didn't work too well as a cupcake as it didn't stick to the cases, but who cares! I used some of the beetroot juice to colour the frosting.

 A closer look...