Kidney bean chocolate cake. Vegan kidney bean chocolate cake that's without refined sugar or carbohydrates. You wouldn't guess beans from the taste as even people that don't like beans or loved this cake. This healthy cacao cake is rich, chocolatey, moist and creamy despite being vegan, low sugar and gluten-free. The kidney beans replace the flour, making this cake Gluten Free (if you use the right chocolate) and very moist… Don't knock it until you try it! The cake will spring back when touched and skewer will come out clean when cooked.
Kidney bean chocolate cake. (Chris Middleton).
This cake has a sophisticated bitterness to it - just add a little more stevia if you would like a sweeter version.
Combine kidney beans and eggs in a food processor.
You can cook Kidney bean chocolate cake using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Kidney bean chocolate cake
- You need 400 g of kidney beans (tinned/dry cooked as per packet instructions.
- It's 230 g of granulated sugar.
- It's 100 g of butter or margarine.
- You need 50 g of cocoa powder.
- It's 1 tbsp of dark rum or 1 tsp instant coffee powder (optional).
- You need 5 of medium eggs.
- You need 1 tsp of gluten free baking powder.
- You need 1-2 tbsp of water.
- It's of Chocolate glaze.
- It's 100 g of chocolate.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of golden syrup.
- You need 25 g of butter or margarine.
This healthy cake recipe is made of mainly coconut and kidney beans. You wouldn't guess it from the taste as even people that don't like beans or coconut. Kidney beans are high in iron, fibre and vitamins and claim to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack. The bean cake comes from a Thermomix recipe converted to a conventional method.
Kidney bean chocolate cake step by step
- Rinse and drain the kidney beans..
- Use a food process or blender to whizz up the kidney beans and water to form a paste. Set aside..
- Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy..
- Add eggs and combine..
- Add baking powder, cocoa powder, bean paste and coffee or rum (if using) and combine well..
- Pour into cake and level. Bake for 45 minutes at 170C..
- Cool cake completely before removing from tin..
- Over a bain marie (bowl placed over a pan of boiled water), melt chocolate, butter and syrup. Stir until well combined..
- Pour glaze over cake and leave to set. Enjoy!.
You need a food processor. or a blender and an electric mixer. It was a chocolate cake with red kidney beans, and I figured it'd work as a vegan cake too. Vegan, healthy chocolate and red kidney bean cake recipe inspired by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's recipe Ingredients Kidney Bean Bake is healthy fiber packed deliciousness! This easy casserole is loaded with red kidney beans and onions in a chili flavored sauce. · Kidney bean chocolate vegan cake. Free of flour, butter, eggs, dairy, gluten and nuts.