Gluten and Grain-Free Chocolate Quinoa Cake
Delicious and decadent gluten and grain-free chocolate quinoa cake made with cooked quinoa. A moist flourless chocolate cake that is easy to make.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup uncooked quinoa
- 1 2/3 cup water
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 Tbsp gluten-free baking powder
Instructions
- Cook quinoa according to manufacture directions. Once cooked fluff with fork and allow to cool completely.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line the bottom and sides of springform pan well.
- In a medium bowl add the eggs and sugar and beat.
- Add the cocoa, baking powder, vanilla and milk and beat well.
- Add the quinoa and mix on low.
- Add the melted butter and beat on medium until you have a smooth batter.
- Pour batter into lined pan.
- Bake in oven for 55 minutes.
- Remove and cool completely before removing from pan.
- Top with chocolate ganache to serve.
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