Chocolate Chickpea Cake

Name: Chocolate Chickpea Cake
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 Tbsp butter, softened; 539 grams garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained; 142 grams chopped bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chips; 2 Tbsps cocoa powder; 4 larges eggs; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract (optional)

One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 163 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. If you have baking powder, granulated sugar, chocolate chips, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Grease interior of 1 pound loaf pan with flour, then dust all surfaces with cocoa, tapping out extra.

Ingredients you will need

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Equipment you will use

Loaf Pan

Oven

In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate by microwaving in 15-second intervals, stirring with a rubber spatula each time until melted. Alternatively, heat, stirring constantly, over double boiler until melted.

Ingredients you will need

Chocolate

Equipment you will use

Double Boiler

Microwave

Spatula

Bowl

Puree beans, eggs and vanilla in a food processor (or using an immersion blender) until smooth, about 1 minute.

Ingredients you will need

Vanilla

Beans

Egg

Equipment you will use

Immersion Blender

Food Processor

Add sugar, baking powder and salt and blend to combine, about 20 seconds.

Ingredients you will need

Baking Powder

Sugar

Salt

Add melted chocolate and blend to combine, scraping down sides of bowl well as necessary. Batter will have a thick, pudding-like consistency.

Ingredients you will need

Chocolate

Equipment you will use

Bowl

Transfer batter into prepared pan and bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Knife

Frying Pan

Allow cake to cool for 15 minutes on wire cooling rack before inverting onto serving platter. Cool completely. Dust with confectioner's sugar just before serving.

Ingredients you will need

Sugar

Equipment you will use

Wire Rack