Recipe: Red Velvet Cake Made With Beets

RED VELVET CAKE MADE WITH BEETS

1 1/4 cups oil
15 oz. sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups beets, cooked, mashed and cooled
15 oz. flour, sifted
3 oz. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp salt

Cream oil, sugar and vanilla together; add in eggs. Add mashed beets; mix to blend. Set aside.

Sift together three times all dry ingredients; add to beet mixture. Mix for 2 minutes on med-high speed, scraping bowl from time-to-time.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes.

Cool completely; frost with cream cheese icing.