Best-Ever Chocolate Quinoa Cake (GLUTEN-FREE)

Happy Birthdayyy to my best friend and BIG sister! Today was my sisters 24^th birthday and I made a chocolate quinoa cake! mmmm… mmmm… And as an added bonus it is gluten FREE!

Best EVER Chocolate Quinoa Cake (GLUTEN-FREE)

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked quinoa

1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk (or preferred milk)

4 whole eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup butter (melted)

1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)

1 cup sugar

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Whipped Chocolate Coconut Cream Frosting:

1 (13.5 oz) can of full fat coconut milk (refrigerated overnight)

1 (10 oz) bag of chocolate chips

 

Instructions:

1.  Preheat the oven 350 degree.

2.  Oil two round cake pans and dust with sugar.

3.  In the food processor, combine the eggs, almond milk (or preferred milk) and vanilla. (blend of 10 sec)

4.  Add the cooked and cooled quinoa along with melted butter and coconut oil. Blend until smooth. (30 sec – 1 min)

5.  Sift together dry ingredients in a large bowl. (cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt)

6.  Add the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and mix until combined.

7.  Divide the batter between the two cake pans. Bake 30 mins. Let cakes cool.

8.  To make frosting you will need to refrigerate the coconut milk overnight so that the cream separates.

9.  Melt chocolate in a sauce pan. Remove the coconut milk from the refrigerator and scoop out the solid part with spoon. Add the solid coconut cream to the chocolate and melt together. Remove from the stove, pour into a large bowl, and place in fridge. Refrigerate for several hours or until thickened. Once thickened, remove from refrigerator and beat on high for 30 sec – 1 min, until a fluffy frosting is formed.   

10.Transfer the cakes to a surface for icing with bottom side up.(try not to move the cakes more than once because they can be extremely fragile)

11.Frost the cake and refrigerate until ready to serve.

When I made this cake for my sister’s birthday, I made a filling (1 (8oz) package cream cheese, 6 big strawberries, and 1 tbsp. of sugar/ blended together)! Served it with organic mint chocolate chip ice cream...Tasty! J