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quinoa gluten free vegan cake

Quinoa Chocolate Cake

This quinoa chocolate cake is vegan, gluten-free, and refined-sugar free. It is topped with a chocolate fudgy frosting and raspberries!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 8 ounces dark chocolate
  • ⅓-1/2 cup coconut oil
  • ⅓ cup flour of choice I used oat flour
  • 2 cups cooked quinoa
  • ¾ cup coconut sugar
  • 2 ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 6 oz non-dairy coconut yogurt
  • 2 ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 tablespoon flaxseed + ¾ cup water
  • ½ cup aquafaba chickpea container liquid
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Ganache

  • 8 oz dark chocolate
  • ½ cup coconut milk

Toppings

  • Raspberries

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Grease 9 inch circular pan
  • Make your flax egg by combining the flaxseed and ¾ cup water, mix and let it set in the fridge for 10 min
  • For the cake, melt your chocolate with coconut oil and mix all dry ingredients together. Then mix your yogurt, vanilla, flax eggs, and aquafaba. Combine the wet and dry ingredients with your chocolate/coconut oil mixture.
  • Pour the batter into your pan and bake for 50-55 min
  • In the meantime, make your ganache by melting your chocolate and stirring with coconut milk until combine.
  • Once the cake is cooled, pour the ganache over the cake and add your raspberries.
  • Enjoy!