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       Title: Surprise Devil’s Food Cake
  Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
       Yield: 12 servings
  
   1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
   1 1/2 c  Granulated sugar
     3/4 c  Unsweetened cocoa powder
       2 ts Baking powder
     1/2 ts Baking soda
   1 1/3 c  Buttermilk
     1/2 c  Butter or margarine; melted
         lg Eggs
       2 ts Vanilla extract
       2 md Size fresh beets (8 oz)
            Peeled & finely
            Shredded or grated
  
   Heat oven to 350 F. Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
   In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking
   powder and baking soda. Whisk in buttermilk, butter, eggs
   and vanilla. Stir in beets. Pour into prepared dish.  Bake
   45 minutes, or until a pick inserted in center comes out
   clean. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut in pan.
   
   * Serves 12. Per serving: 282 cal, 6 g pro, 45 g car, 10 g
   fat, 75 mg chol with butter, 54 mg chol with margarine, 267
   mg sod. Exchanges: 2 starch/bread, 1 fruit, 2 fat The
   surprise in this luscious cocoa cake is shredded beets.
   They enhance the deep reddish-brown color and add moisture.
   Good with or without Chocolate ~Buttermilk Sauce. Store
   tightly covered at room temperature up to four days or
   freeze up to three months. AOL-Woman’s Day Recipe collection
  
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