Beetroot Brownies

A sweet treat using beetroot

Ingredients

250g dark chocolate

200g unsalted butter

250g cooked beetroot ( boiled till soft)

3 eggs

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

200g golden caster sugar

50 g cocoa powder

50 g semolina

1 teaspoon baking powder

100g desiccated coconut

Method

Oven set to 180C

Melt chocolate with buttering a bowl over hot water

Add beetroot to food processor and blitz to a puree

Beat eggs, vanilla and sugar gently

Mix dry ingredients together

Fold beetroot into chocolate, fold in egg mixture then mixed dry ingredients

Line a 28x18 tin with baking parchment

Pour mixture into tin and level

Cook for 30-35 mins> should still have a 'springbuck' feeling