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Preparation time
10min
Total time
40min
Portion
0 slice(s)
Level
easy

Ingredients

Cake

  • 270 g Cooked Quinoa
  • 80 g Milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 120 g Butter
  • 300 g caster sugar
  • 100 g unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

Frosting

  • 2 heavy cream, Cups
  • 150 g Semi-Sweet or Dark Chocolate Chips

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Recipe's preparation

    Cake
  1. Pre heat oven to 180 degrees.


    Grease & line bottoms of 2 round cake pans or a 9x13 pan. DO NOT skip lining the bases of pan.


    Place butter in Tm Bowl.


    Melt butter 3mins/ spd1/ 50degrees


    Add eggs, milk & vanilla, mix spd4/ 10secs


    Add quinoa & puree 1min/ spd8 stopping & scraping down sides about 2-3 times throughout. Make sure quinoa is completely pureed, you should not see any little beads of quinoa.


    Add dry ingredients & mix spd 4/ 10secs.


    Pour ingredients into pans & bake in centre of oven for 28-30 mins until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.


    Remove from oven & let cool for 10mins before removing from pan to wire rack. Remove paper to cool completely.


     


    Frosting


    Place chocolate into Tm bowl & grate 30 secs/ spd 8


    Add cream & cook 2mins/ spd 5/ 50degrees


    Allow to cool completely 


    Insert butterfly & whip spd4 20 secs or unitl soft peaks form. Watch closely don't want to over whip.


    Place frosting between 2 layers of cake & frost top. Can put around the sides if you like.


    Chill for 2-3 hours before serving.


     

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    Recipe is created for
    TM 31

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Comments

  • 8. December 2016 - 13:41

    Hoping stars work this time! Fives stars tmrc_emoticons.)

  • 8. December 2016 - 13:39

    Wow, fantastic! Loved by all here, an excellent way to get fussy miss 4 to eat quinoa! One of the nicest chocolate cakes out there - and i've made a few tmrc_emoticons.) thank you!

  • 3. August 2015 - 05:45
    5.0

    gorgeous!! Scrummy and enjoyed by everyone

  • 16. October 2014 - 10:11

    Great cake, lovely taste & light and fluffy. I just used a plain chocolate icing. Thanks for the recipe.

     

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