Chocolate Quinoa Cake
Serves: one small 6" cake
 
*This cake is small but mighty. A little goes a long way. One small cake can feed up to 12 people. **To make a cake sized as the one pictured, x the recipe by 2.5 and cook in four layers.
Ingredients
  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 1 cup Quinoa(cooked)
  • 2 large Eggs
  • ½ cup Unsalted Butter, melted
  • ⅛ cup Milk (plant based milks work great)
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • ¾ cup Coconut Palm Sugar
  • ½ cup Dark Cocoa Powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • ¾ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • FOR THE GANACHE:
  • 1 cup Chocolate Chips(preferably 60% cacao content or higher)
  • ¾ cup Heavy Cream (coconut cream can also be used)
Instructions
  1. FOR THE CAKE:
  2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
  3. Grease the sides of two 6" round baking pans and line the bottoms with circles of parchment paper.
  4. Place the quinoa, eggs, melted butter, milk, and vanilla in a high speed blender and process on high speed until smooth - quinoa should be undetectable.
  5. Add the sugar, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda to the blender and process just until combined.
  6. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans.
  7. Bake in preheated oven for 18-20 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
  8. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Remove from pans, peel off parchment, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 hours, or until chilled.
  9. FOR THE GANACHE:
  10. Place the chocolate in a bowl.
  11. Heat the cream in a saucepan over medium high heat until it begins to steam. Pour over the chocolate and let sit for two minutes. Whisk until all of the chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Let sit for 30 minutes to firm up a bit.
  12. Unwrap cake layers. Place on layer on a plate and spread a bit of ganache evenly across the top. Place the second cake layer on top of the first and use the remaining ganache to frost the top and sides of the cake.
  13. Serve in slices cut with a hot, wet knife for cleanest cuts.
  14. Keep refrigerated. Will keep, covered, for up to a week.
Recipe by The Kitchen McCabe at https://www.thekitchenmccabe.com/2020/02/02/chocolate-quinoa-cake/