How to Make a Chocolate Beet Cake

How to Make a Chocolate Beet Cake
Full Recipe: preppykitchen.com/chocolate-b...
This moist, light chocolate cake covered in Swiss meringue buttercream has a secret ingredient. Beets! The batter makes a very light fluffy cake and the frosting is creamy and not too sweet. A final dusting of raspberry powder gives a hint of zing and striking stripes!
I was doing some recipe testing for a Red Velvet cake, trying to use natural ingredients to get a reddish color and I both failed and succeeded!! One of my cakes turned out totally brown but was so soft, fluffy, moist and delicious that there was no way I wasn't going to share the recipe with you!
I complemented the cake with a creamy chocolate and vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream and made some raspberry powder to create these stripes. I thought the cake looked like a circus tent (in a good was), my husband thought it looked like a peppermint candy.... Thoughts?

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I am officially hooked on your videos. So witty and honest. You rock.

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I love how in depth your videos are, it's hard to find a good baking video that gives all the information you do! Thanks!!

[@esrathomas7116]

You should watch tasty it's another backing chanell

[@rih4nnas]

those stripes are BOOTIFUL!.

[@Melanie-dq1dx]

Omg, I laughed so hard with the "let's not kid ourselves" and the awesome hand motion. "It''s just for color, not nutritional value."

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I'm just in love with your kitchen aid 😍

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Just love your channel, I have baked all your cakes and everyone was delirious keep bringing more beautiful cake recipes

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What a novel, beautiful take on chocolate cake! You're amazing!!!

[@zimtkind2255]

This cake is so moist,I get why you cooked the layers separately. My 6in tin was unfortunately warped, so I baked it all at once and cut it into three later. Had a tough time keeping each delicious piece from tearing apart. First time using the cake rings too, which made for such a great texture. I am learning a lot from you!

[@glendaayala1196]

I like seeing you teaching, cooking, and talking about the process of the cake and btw the cake looks delicious 😋 looks like a candy mint.

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Beautiful cake! You are awesome 👍😘❤️

[@layaliz1722]

Omg!! this cake looks amazing 😍😍

[@auntiebevs6992]

Wow!! Beautiful cake! I like the inclusion of the beet. Thanks for sharing!!

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Your cakes looking so good !!❤❤

[@DavidMcFarner]

Wow! That cake is really beautiful! I am making your Dulce de Leche cake right now!

[@zenny1258]

Loved this video! The cake looked so beautiful 😻💖

[@beatricea6337]

I would have never thought of using beets Kudos to you!!!! I can't wait to try making it... honestly I have a list already going. 😀😉

[@yowza20]

Looks delicious!

[@rachaelbrown6130]

I’m definitely trying this one too! I have a long list of your bakes to make now!! 😂

[@lydicakeyumyum5358]

The most amazing creation yet, I wonder what inspired this cake? I can only imagine what it taste like🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗.

[@vencebuchanan]

Wow great decorating techniques

[@karlidomingo]

You are so creative! Love the crazy stripes haha

[@dianeh9378]

Reminded me of peppermint candy would be fun if you used mint extract instead of vanilla. I love your videos. So well done.

[@fatimaaqel26]

Thanks for the recipe 🌺

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*WOW* 😯 it's so pretty

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Wow mind blowing ...gonna try with the ideas of striped of paper on cake 😊

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👏,another winner, Bravo

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Beautiful the colors are lovely 😊....

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That is awesome!!! Very beautiful cake with natural ingredients and natural colouring 💯💯💯💯💯💯..... An excellent video 👍👍👍 .... Preppy Kitchen hats off 👏👏👏.... Thanks for sharing this lovely video 😍😍😍😍😍....

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you are a clever, clever man! What a spectacular cake. It's perfect. Save me a slice?!

[@cf3129]

You’re a genius!

[@esrathomas7116]

I love it when he said your going to see a lot of voids so don't a.....void it

[@apurvajadhav4535]

Chocolate cake with beet!! Wat an offbeat combination...would hv never clicked on this video had it not been on your channel...but after watching this...i BET it tastes yummy...would try soon...thanks for sharing your accidental innovation...👍👍

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Btw I love your videos!!!!

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Amazing 🎂😍

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Amazing!

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You are amazing.❤

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For those who are curious, the song in the background is Nimbus by Eveningland

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Is beautiful...

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I love your videos ❤️❤️

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Reminds me of Christmas

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Even your blender is copper?! I wish I had the same kitchen!😂

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just one word YUMMMMMMY lol thanks

[@cupcakedmuffinecream2467]

AMAZING. Thanks. John, do you know what cake recipe I should use for naked cake (4 layers )? thanks in advance

[@2near_death]

Stand mixers should come with a funnel-like attachment to add ingredients to the bowl easier 😌👌 **Patent Pending 😂😂

[@ayanahoward9396]

Jade kitchen aid mixers have a funnel / guard attachment. My mixer came with it and I don’t like it. As you alternate the wet and dry ingredients the dry starts getting stuck on the pour down spout then you have to use the spatula on that too... Annoying. So it’s put away never to use again. Maybe you can come up with something better though. 😀🤞🏽

[@cherokeeheartct8633]

I was just telling my husband,that the bowls are so close to the paddle u cant add any dry ingredients without them making a cloud of dust,I need to invent a stand mixer that has the bowl a little ways away from the paddle,that's crazy

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👏👏👏 awesome 😍💕

[@Farzanahanif2011]

Hi, You are so good this weekend I am going to make your lavender cake for my daughter,s baby shower just a quick question can I use whole eggs in it ? Thank you for your wonderful recipes 🙂

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Can you make a video on how to make a vanilla cake....please Your cakes are awesome😊

[@SB-ll1tt]

Good grief!!!! You must have been cleaning for days but it’s so worth it. What a stunning cake!!!!

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Wonderful 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@maricarichardson4217]

The cake itself seems like and old fashioned red velvet, wheereas they used beets insetead of food coloring. But your creation is beautiful nonetheless. I have never had Italian or Swiss meringue. I look forward to trying them out one day. Your channel is amazing😍😍😍

[@mollybaumbarger8331]

Nice cake

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u are sooo good....

[@danielapagliaro8025]

Looks amazing!!!

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U a winner😎

[@ginapaquet5563]

Thank you for this tutorial.. you mention that you did some trials as you originally wanted a red velvet... could you have omitted the chocolate powder or did the cake brown through the baking process? What about food coloring? Thank you, Gina

[@chrisbird9196]

Did Dwight Schrute commission you to make this cake? It looks amazing!

[@CarolsVideos]

Do you ever make large cakes or are 6" cakes just your thing? They always look so great, I just wonder if you like to perfect the one standard size you seem to make a lot.

[@akaashikeiji2683]

Hi John ! May i know where you get your cake pans ? Thanks !

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You are the most amazing pastry chef I have ever seen, you've literally blown my mind, I learn A LOT with you, love your work

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It’s like Christmas in July

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I love your cakes I try the carrot cake it was marvelous but I do have daughter with very bad allergies no eggs dairy or nuts what can I use to substitute the eggs and still have a moist cake thank you very much keep up the good work

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Plz show the recipe of mango cake...

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You can put a box behind the cake to contain the extra power... I got crazy with all the red power flying in your kitchen, but the cake look amazing!!!

[@philipk917]

WOW, Beautiful and Yummy! Work intensive but it looks worth it!

[@galo8733]

If it squeals when you wipe out the bowl, it's clean :-) - Old housewife wisdom - hahaha. Your cake is beautiful and I love the idea of using natural ingredients and eatable decorations! That's my perception of a good cake. Thanks for sharing.

[@user-zx3rm6dv5m]

Does the beet leave its taste or just vanish and melt with the rest of ingredients?

[@rohanambetkar7316]

On your web page this recipe is not playing but my issue is in recipe for cake sugar is 1-1/2 cup - 300gm but on screen it shows 342 gm so which one is right??

[@cobalthorizon]

You mentioned that the beets are for color, but I have read elsewhere that they are good for adding moisture; any thoughts on this?

[@shantelbrinkerhoff7622]

What is the best way to store cakes using the different varieties of buttercream?

[@samiam4852]

I immediately thought of Dwight Shurte😂😂😂

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Preppy Kitchen HAHA!

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Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

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you had me shook when the voiceover started bc your voice sounds so much deeper lol

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The sass is real 😂👌

[@imaniwilliams816]

The original red velvet cake!

[@tastycorpse666]

Compressed air cans have a chemical added to make it taste bitter, to deter people from inhaling it, did that affect the flavor of the cake?

[@mlw1700]

Can you use egg whites that come in a carton instead of breaking whole eggs? To be honest, I would probably never get around to making a custard or a curd?

[@ecurbstudios]

A beefcake eating a beet cake, perfection.

[@haleyworkman3549]

Could you sub the beets for sweet potato and make a sweet potato cake?

[@juliasong4403]

*Dwight entered the chat*

[@joyherting3705]

Do a vanilla cake with butternut squash

[@america998]

He adds beets and it's so good how do this It's cazy

[@america998]

But in a good way

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I am watching marathon videos of yours all day while eating brussel sprouts a it a gloomy snowy day in western Pa. Cannot make a cake today. I made loaves of gluten free cake and breads yesterday and the day before six quarts of beautiful yogurt. When and If I try to do a frosting cake, I will follow your berry cake because I do not like sugary frostings usually scrap the stuff off a cake except Peperidge Farm cakes. Have a heart, I have 8 children and could hardly keep up with birthday cakes! I would buy four and put them together to make a flat cake! That is the closest I came to frosting a cake because I never liked any cake with frosting on except whipped cream! I am going to go out and buy everything I need to make the cakes and would like to know about the straps you put on the cake pans maybe you have a video? I will work my way to watching all!!!!! Have you made a gluten free cake? I want to say this: You are a terrific educator!!! I can see how sensitive and precise you are! and you probably are hard on yourself to be perfect but your sense of humour competes with your sense of precision or perfectionism which is a good thing! A balance! I just stumbled upon your videos this morning and decided to grab my brussel sprouts and munch on them while in bed watching your amazing cakes unfold pun intended. I love your roses because they have a rough edge and roses are my favourite if they are aromatic!!!!! I love your videos and hope to watch them and try to do a few if I work up the courage!!!! I have only made: hot milk cakes, walnut cake a Greek cake, puff pastry and phyllo dough for baklava from scratch with a pasta maker. I make cookies and love lemon marange pies and lemon curd. I make mousse and some other desserts but not layer cakes. I only ever made one birthday cake for my first son a strawberry shortcake because of the cream!!!!!! Oh yes!!!!! cheese cakes have been my favorite plain no chocolate. I ake breads all kinds. Thank you so much hope I did not bore you!!!!!

[@shanamedley6977]

Such a beautiful dessert that I could stare at, but my only problem is the beets 😝😝😝 I remember my mother used make me eat them when I was a kid 😭😭😭😝😝😝 it was terrible. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hemishamadhow5033]

could you do vegan cakes please?

[@Ohgrowup1]

I don’t think I saw the “offset” spatula he mentioned. It looked like a straight spatula to me.

[@cherokeeheartct8633]

Yeap

[@sharonolsen6579]

12:02 check out the end of the spatula right where he is holding it .. definite offset .. It just doesn't show in most of the shots because of the size ... : )

[@dspscotty1]

But why Preppy why? My Aunt Clara once made possibly a war time era cake called "shock cake". The "shock" was a can of sauerkraut and coconut flavoring in a brownie/devils food cake. And I don't like pumpkin brownies either, but I do like you, your always great !

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After the cake was served and enjoyed the shocking ingredient was revealed. As I recall it was probably alright although I never had again.

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Nice paper towel toss 😂

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So cute!!!❤❤❤ (You look kinda sad,though)

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Preppy Kitchen Awww 😂 fatherhood is hard! Good luck ❤

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I liked everything I saw you make except this beet cake.

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This cake will taste like math

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Makis tuah magar

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You need a degree in architecture for this cake!!

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Just ship me a cake philly please

[@jovitaliutinskiene7055]

Never cover your chocolate! Steam from the chocolate creates condensation and water may drip in your chocolate and make the chocolate seize.

[@cherokeeheartct8633]

Had that to happen before

[@cherokeeheartct8633]

Sounds more like a red velvet cake

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I'm using champagne vinegar.... You ponce. I instantly change channel.

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How is this guy not 200 pounds?

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A hint of V-8? Another way 2 enjoy veggies. A splash.🌽🥕🍅 Interesting.