Name: Quinoa chocolate cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Cake; 1/3 cup milk; 4 large_piece eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 170 gram pitted prunes; 100 gram dates; 145 gram butter, melted; 2 cup cooked quinoa - ¾ cups uncooked and boiled in 2 cups water for 15 mins; 6 teaspoon (heaped tbsp) cocoa; 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; pinch salt; Chocolate frosting; 50 gram butter, softened; 2 cup icing sugar; 2 tablespoon (heaped tbsp) cocoa; 4 tablespoon boiling water

Quinoa chocolate cake

I like to kid myself that this wonderful chocolate cake is so full of quinoa, I can eat as much as I like! For the refined sugar-free version, skip the frosting.

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Serves 8

Prep

30M

Cook

45M

Total

1H 15M

Ingredients

Cake

1/3 cup milk

4 large_piece eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

170 gram pitted prunes

100 gram dates

145 gram butter, melted

2 cup cooked quinoa – ¾ cups uncooked and boiled in 2 cups water for 15 mins

6 teaspoon (heaped tbsp) cocoa

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

pinch salt

Chocolate frosting

50 gram butter, softened

2 cup icing sugar

2 tablespoon (heaped tbsp) cocoa

4 tablespoon boiling water

Method

Cake

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 24cm loose-bottomed cake tin and line the base with baking paper.

2.In a bowl, whisk together the milk, eggs and vanilla.

3.In a food processor, blend the prunes and dates with the melted butter until you have a smooth-ish paste.

4.Add the milk, eggs and vanilla, followed by the cooked quinoa, then blend until combined.

5.Add the cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt, pulsing until well blended.

6.Pour the batter evenly into the tin and smooth over the surface. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool completely in the tin.

Chocolate frosting

7.Make chocolate frosting by beating together the softened butter, icing sugar and sifted cocoa with boiling water, added a bit at a time, until frosting is blended, smooth and lump free.

8.With a large knife, split the cake through the middle and carefully remove the top layer. To serve, spread the bottom layer evenly with the frosting and replace the top layer.

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