I tried the famous Harry Eastwood Deep chocolate cake recipe today, and my verdict is that it's pretty darn good! For those of you who aren't familiar with the concept, her recipe replaces all fat in the cake with......beets! Yuppers, my hands are a delicate purplish pink from grating the beet, but it did the job. The cake is also low sugar, just 3/4 cup in the entire cake, in part because the beets add some sweetness, and also I think from the ground almonds in the batter. The cake is then iced with a deep chocolate glaze of dark chocolate, honey and coffee. Coffee also is an important ingredient in the cake itself, as it makes chocolate's flavor pop. Here's the picture from the cookbook. I didn't take any good pics of my cake because we were all distracted by the birthday candles with flames that matched the colors of the candles....ooohhhh, look at all the pretty colors......., yeah, we were easily distracted.
