Dear Readers,
Today they are voting for the best cake over at Movita Beaucoup. My Mexican Chocolate Beet Cake is in Group Three. You might not think it is the best cake there, but if you are a cake fan you might enjoy looking at the displays of cakeness. Here’s what Movita had to say:
“A vote for Sharyn is a vote for art. And a vote against using red food colouring to create a trend that is way stupid.”
Don’t you like the way she talks?
Mexican Chocolate Beet Cake. 8" x 8" Gouache and Watercolor Pencil. Sharyn Dimmick.
There are four groups of cakes at Movita’s, with links to blogs, photos, stories, so if you just need to look at cake right now get on over there.
I’ll be back with some kind of non-cake seasonal food and a new painting on Wednesday before midnight.
Thanks, as always, for reading The Kale Chronicles.
— Sharyn
P.S. The voting is closed now. The prize went to a sweet little cake made by one of Movita’s ballet students, flanked by heart-shaped notes from the others. Thank you for every vote for art and for beet chocolate cake. Movita has decided to make this an annual event, so you can get your cake on next year if you want.
thekalechronicles 
The link to her site is not working for me…. am I doing something objectionable? 😉
I’ve fixed it now, Sally. Thanks.
Ya got my vote, Sharyn. Good luck!
Thank you, John. The competition is awesome.
hey sharyn, i voted for you….. cheers 🙂
Thank you, Dassana.
I have made this cake from Sharyn’s recipe and I can attest it is out of this world. Sharyn, you don’t have to solicit my vote– you already have it! It leaves red velvet cakes far, far behind, in another universe.
Thanks, Suzanne. This version is different from the one I gave you, using Mexican chocolate and cinnamon and adding cocoa powder. You had the original recipe I got from the farm. Both are good. This is the first time I have ever asked readers to vote — it feels kind of strange… it might be the last.
You got my vote. Good luck. BAM
Thanks very much, BAM. Perhaps someday I can return the favor.
I voted for you, too, Sharyn! I love the look of the cake, and had to laugh at Movita’s comment that she can de-healthify it with the addition of caramel sauce! She’s a hoot! I am looking forward to having a conversation with my niece who just LOVES red velvet cake…and I think if I can use Movita’s words–“red velvet is not a flavor people!” maybe I’ll turn her onto the idea of your recipe. I personally can’t wait to make it. Good luck with the contest. 🙂 Debra
Thank you, Debra. This cake is good: if your niece can get over it not looking like red velvet cake and she likes chocolate I think she will like it: the batter is quite red, the finished cake a lovely brown.
Voted voted voted 😀
Best of luck!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you, CCU.
Vote sorted ! Looks like a lot of fun 🙂
Thank you, Claire. Movita herself is the fun.
You got my vote, too, I’m glad you’re in group three! Yay, art and yay creativity!
Thank you, Betsy. There are some beautiful cakes out there.
I was too late 😦 it was closed!!!
Thanks for trying, Jen. I appreciate it.
Sorry I missed it Sharyn, you would’ve had my vote too. Competing against the ballerinas in a bake shop was not an easy task. I applaud the cake you chose; red food colouring sucks big time!
Thanks so much, Eva. A lot of work went into some of those cakes.
Aw no, I just got here and noticed the voting was closed! It looks like a wonderful cake anyway, even if you didn’t win. The prize of eating the delicious cake would be enough for me 🙂
Thank you, Charles. The voting window was short. I ate the last slice of cake last night.
I loved your cake! And isn’t it great that we get to eat them instead of give them away? 🙂
Thank you, Katherine. I brought mine to a potluck where several people enjoyed it, but I got to take the leftovers home!
I’m so sorry I haven’t been keeping up with my blogging. I went to the site to vote for you and saw that voting is closed, 😦 Your cake is great! I love that you used beets!
No need to apologize, Melissa. The recipe makes a flavorful, moist chocolate cake with no evidence of beets.