Vegan Beet Bundt - Day #26 of Food Librarian's I Like Big Bundts 3

Vegan Beet Bundt

I Like Big Bundts - Day #26

It's Day #26 of I Like Big Bundts!! Only 4 more days until National Bundt Day! I hope you have are planning your bundt making adventures! :)

It's 11-11-11! I just love that! I'm donating blood today at 10 am, then heading out for sushi at 11 am. I donate blood every 56 days (8 weeks) and during the last appointment, the nurse told me my next eligible date was 11-11-11. She added, "But the 11 am appointment is already taken!" I hope you do something fun today at 11 am!

My UCLA roommate from back in the day, Diane sent me this recipe to try out last year. I missed it last year so I made sure to test it for this round-up. The cake has beets and melted chocolate - the color is a very natural "red velvet".

This recipe uses pureed cooked beets. When I make this again, I will cook the beets a longer to get a nice smooth puree. I found these dairy, nut and soy free chocolate chips at Target.

Because my beet puree wasn't smooth (I don't like to eat overcooked veggies...but in this case, I should have steamed them a longer), I don't think my cake came out as planned. I like the idea of using beets for natural color and some sweetness so I'll have to try again!

 

Bake a bundt for National Bundt Day on November 15th! Then submit a photo or blog post by November 24, 2011 and I'll send you a 1 1/4" button for baking along with me! The submission info can be found here!

Happy Veterans Day too! Thanks Vets for your service - including my Dad who served in the Air Force! See you tomorrow for another Bundt - mary the food librarian

Recap of I Like Big Bundts 3:
Day #1: Buttercake Bakery's Marble Bundt Cake
Day #2: Lemon Bliss Bundt
Day #3: Double-Chocolate Bundt Cake with Ganache Glaze
Day #4: Spice Bundt Cake with Brown Butter Vanilla Bean Glaze
Day #5: Gingery Pumpkin Breakfast Bundt
Day #6: Maida Heatter's Budapest Coffee Cake Bundt
Day #7: Dark Chocolate Bundt
Day #8: Banana Chocolate Chip Bundt
Day #9: Apple Spice Bundt
Day #10: Pumpkin Spice Bundt
Day #11: Doll Bundt Cake
Day #12: Light Chocolate Bundt with Coffee Glaze
Day #13: Spiced Cranberry Bundt
Day #14: Brown Sugar Bundt
Day #15: Buried Alive Bundt Cake
Day #16: Leftover Halloween Candy Bundt
Day #17: Lemon Bundt Cake
Day #18: Ultimate Streusel Bundt Cake
Day #19: Vanilla Bean Bundt Cake with Strawberries
Day #20: Chocolate & Zucchini Bundt
Day #21: Rice Krispies Bundt
Day #22: Tomato Soup Bundt
Day #23: Cinnamon Chocolate Bundt
Day #24: Broken Glass Jello Bundt
Day #25: ApplePearSauce Bundt

Recipe: Click here for printable recipe from Epicurious (From The Vegan Table)
I made half the recipe and baked it in the 6-cup pan

Bundt Pan: Traditional 12-cup Bundt Pan (full recipe)
Bundt Pan: Smaller 6-cup Bundt Pan (the traditional bundt pan is 12-cups)