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Blitz-and-bake Beetroot & Chocolate Cake

Beetroot is actually very sweet and keeps this rich chocolate loaf wonderfully moist

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Blitz-and-bake Beetroot & Chocolate Cake

Why it works: Beetroot and sunflower share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 46 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Blitz-and-bake Beetroot & Chocolate Cake

Cuts into 8 slices
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

800Calories
21 gProtein
21 gFat
126 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Beetrootnot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Beetroot + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Beetroot + flourtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together515 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Cocoa powder + vanillatop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the beetroot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, sugar, egg, vanilla, sunflower, chocolate):

  1. Arrowrootfits about as well
  2. Sweet potatofits about as well
  3. Beetrootthe original
  4. Capsicumfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cocoa powder, sugar, egg, vanilla, sunflower, chocolate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.