Contributed by (Recipe adapted from “About.com:SouthernFoods” at http://southernfood.about.com)

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Ingredients

2 C Flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 1/2 C Sugar
1/2 C Cocoa powder
3 large Eggs, beaten
1 C plus 2 Tbs Vegetable oil
2 tsp Vanilla
1 1/2 C grated cooked Beets
powdered Sugar, optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine flour, soda, salt, sugar and cocoa in a bowl; set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine the eggs and oil. Beat in vanilla and continue beating until well blended. Slowly beat in dry ingredients until well mixed; stir in beets. Pour into a greased and floured 9x13-inch baking pan. Bake at 350°F for 25 to 35 minutes, or until cake bounces back when touched lightly with finger. Cool in pan on a rack. Frost cooled cake or dust with powdered sugar.

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