Moist Chocolate-Beet Cake

Ingredients

• 8 ounces beets unpeeled, rinsed and scrubbed free of dirt
• 7 ounces semisweet chocolate or bittersweet, chopped, 70% cacao solids
• 1/4 cup espresso or water
• 7 ounces butter at room temperature, cubed
• 1 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder the darkest you can find, natural or Dutch-process
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 5 large eggs separated, at room temperature
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup superfine sugar

Nutrition

• Calories : 420 calories
• Carbohydrate : 42 grams
• Cholesterol : 165 milligrams
• Fat : 28 grams
• Fiber : 3 grams
• Protein : 7 grams
• SaturatedFat : 16 grams
• Sodium : 300 milligrams
• Sugar : 27 grams