Best ever chocolate quinoa cake that tastes good
Who knew gluten free could taste so good? When I tell you that my fudgy Chocolate Quinoa Cake is DELICIOUS, it is DELICIOUS!! It literally tastes like a fudgy chocolate brownie!
I know what your thinking – QUINOA!?! In chocolate cake? Really? YES!!! I promise you are going to love this gluten free chocolate cake recipe.
This recipe is super simple to make, takes very little prep – have I mentioned this is a recipe you can make using your food processor or blender? Yes indeed, it is! So if you are a chocolate lover, or know any chocolate lovers in your family (we all have at least one), make this recipe and share how much you like it in the comments!
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Gluten- Free Chocolate Quinoa Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked quinoa at room temperature **
- ½ cup milk
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup butter softened or melted
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Butter baking pan (8’ or 9’ pan) and line bottom with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Place quinoa, milk, eggs, and vanilla into food processor and pulse for 2-3 minutes.
- Add butter and plus to combine.
- Add remaining dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Pulse for one minute to combine.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 1 hour. The top of the cake will be still be soft and a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake will come out a bit wet.
- Let cake cool completely before removing from pan. Use a knife of slated spatula along the sides of the cake to loosen and then invert it onto serving platter. Dust with confectioner sugar and serve!
Notes
To make 2 cups of quinoa, place 1/2 a cup of dry quinoa and 1 cup of water into a pot. Bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce heat to low, cover with lid and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until tender and the water has been absorbed.
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I already posted your wonderful recipe for this cake