Beetroot chocolate cake with avacado frosting

Yes you heard me right. So whenever I think about a cake what comes in my mind is white flour, butter, egg and cream. This definitely puts me off from indulging into an otherwise delectable piece of this awesome dessert. This time round I got rid of most of these ingredients and tried to substitute them without compromising with the richness and flavor of a conventional chocolate cake.

I had a ripe avocado on my kitchen counter and  for a change I didn't want to make guacamole . I had tried avocado cookies earlier once so had my hopes pinned on using this avocado for making some dessert , that's how I ended up baking this beetroot oat cake to use the chocolate avocado as frosting. Avocado, also known as butter fruit provides the perfect frosting when combined with some sugar and dark chocolate. As for the cake I used my all time favorite canola oil with oats and beet. Since I started using canola oil for baking I have bid good bye to the butter and never feel any difference in taste and texture of the baked product.

So this recipe essentially has only two baddies - chocolate (of only you consider it bad, I don't if its dark) and condensed milk.  But this is by far the most amazing guilt free recipe. You can grab a bite and let yourself indulge in the rich chocolate taste  without worrying too much! I avoid using any artificial colors and flavors so didn't add any but you can add vanilla extract to enhance the frosting.
I only had essence and not natural extract so skipped it completely.

Here  goes the recipe:

Ingredients:

1 cup oats flour (grind rolled oats)
3/4 cup condensed milk
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup pureed beetroot(boiled and pureed with little water)
 1/2 tablespoon baking powder

For frosting:
50 grams dark choclate
1 small avacado
2 table spoon icing sugar

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 180 C, blend the oil, condensed milk, beet puree together in a bowl.
Add the dry ingredients a separate bowl - oat flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet mix . Using a wooden spatula mix everything together.
Pour in greased cake pan dusted with flour. Bake for 40 minutes . Check using a tootpick when its done, it should come out clean .

Let it cool, once cooled down cut horizontally in middle. Cool it completely before applying icing.
To make the frosting, blend the avocado, melted chocolate and sugar together till it gets a nice smooth consistency without any lumps.

Spread the icing on first layer and place the top layer on it. Cover with icing and enjoy!