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Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

This yummy chocolate cake resembles a brownie in texture but has a more elegant flavor when combined with the maple cream cheese frosting. Oh, and it has beets in it so dare I say that this cake is “healthy”? It is also grain-free, gluten-free and refined sugar free.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Why it works: Almond and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,514 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Chocolate Beetroot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Serves 12
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1235Calories
28 gProtein
64 gFat
139 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cakenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Coconut + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  5. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, egg, honey, vanilla, almond, flour, cinnamon):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Raisinfits about as well
  4. Coconutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, egg, honey, vanilla, almond, flour, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.