Chocolate Beet Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb beet, trimmed
1 3/4 cups self-rising flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup granulated sugar
2 None large eggs, lightly beaten
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup buttermilk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan.
Boil, steam or microwave beet until tender. Rinse under cold running water until cool enough to handle then peel and puree. Set aside 1 1/3 cups beet puree. Reserve remaining puree for another use.
Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl. Stir in beet puree, eggs, oil and buttermilk. Distribute between muffin recesses and bake for 25 mins.