Healthier Chocolate Beetroot Cupcakes

Name: Healthier Chocolate Beetroot Cupcakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 23 min
Total time: 38 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 180 grams raw beetroot (weighed after peeling, grated on the larger hole side of a box grater. ); ½ cup dairy-free milk ((125ml) I like soy milk for baking. ); ½ cup apple sauce ((125ml)); ¾ cup raw sugar ((130g)); ¼ cup olive oil ((60ml)); 1 tsp vanilla extract; ½ cup sunflower seeds ((75g) ground in to a meal like almond meal or just use almond meal if you are not nut-free); ½ cup buckwheat flour ((65g) sifted); ½ cup cacao or cocoa powder ((45g) sifted); 2 tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp salt; 2 ripe avocados; ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp cacao or cocoa (around 45 - 50 grams); 2-3 tbsp maple syrup (to taste); pinch sea salt

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:23min

Rich, dense and fudgy, these Vegan Chocolate Beetroot Cakes are naturally sweetened and completely nut and gluten-free. By combining grated raw beetroot with a base of buckwheat flour and sunflower seed meal, this recipe delivers a dense, fudgy, allergen-friendly texture without relying on gluten, nuts, eggs, or dairy. This is an easy plant-based dessert you'll come back to again and again. Main ingredients: sunflower seeds, buckwheat flour, cocoa powder, vanilla, avocado, raw sugar.

Updated at: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:06:44 GMT