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)

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How to Grow Golden Beets

Yeah, this blog is called The Food Librarian.
Doesn't mention my gardening skills.
So, here they are.

How to Grow Golden Beets

1. Go to the interwebs. Go to Seed Savers. Pick up a packet of Burpee's Golden Beets.

2. When they arrive, call your dad and ask him about his garden...talk up the fact that golden beets are sweeter than his usual planting of red beets. Um, I guess it would be helpful to mention that your dad should have a backyard garden. That is helpful in this process.

3. Give the seeds to your dad on HIS BIRTHDAY. Didn't you know that the most appropriate gift to give your dad on his 78th birthday is Golden Beet seeds?

4. Have you dad start seedlings in a pot. Check them daily. Keep the birds away. Transplant when ready.

5. Have your dad grow the beets until they are big enough for YOU to drive over and pick them. Yes, YOU have to do some work here! :)

This photo is from April 2010 as the beets were coming up!

Love me my gardener dad! Next time, I'll review how to grow cucumbers, China peas, heirloom tomatoes and other veggies. Yeah, shockingly, it'll be a pretty similar process. :)

Fresh from the garden... I like to clean them up and roast them with other veggies, or steam them and slice them for a salad. Golden beets are great because they don't stain your hands like red beets and are sweeter. If you don't have a retired gardening papa, pick some up at the Farmer's Market! :)

My dad's golden and red beets! Yummmmmmmy!

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