There’s been a lot of talk (and controversy) about the sneaking of vegetables into kids’ food without them knowing. Jessica Seinfeld (Jerry’s wife) is one of the domestic-types leading this trend, and her book Deceptively Delicious is filled with healthy twists on classic juvenile dishes like grilled cheese sandwiches and chicken fingers. There’s also a big section on desserts that are quasi healthy — they may have veggies in them, but they still contain dairy, sugar and chocolate. Yeah! So when I learned that we’d be celebrating our niece Ruby’s fourth birthday, I decided to give Seinfeld’s techniques a try with her chocolate cake recipe. The secret ingredient? Roasted beets, which are fun to make and puree; their color is so extreme. Even though I added a half a cup of beet puree to the batter, you really couldn’t taste them at all. The cake was dense and moist — and yes, a little reddish. The recipe’s icing is made of cream cheese and cocoa powder… a little too tangy for my liking. We added just a touch of store-bought sugary madness for color (thus the green in the photo above). Ruby seemed to enjoy it very much and if she detected any covert veggies, was too polite to mention. Get Jessica Seinfeld’s chocolate cake recipe on Oprah.com. — Angela M.