Flourless “Chick”-Olate Cake

Name: Flourless “Chick”-Olate Cake
Ingredients: ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 Tbsp cornstarch or potato starch; 2 Tbsp cornstarch or potato starch; ¾ tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp baking soda; ¼ tsp salt; 1 can (15 oz/425 g) chickpeas (1½ cups), drained and rinsed; 4 eggs (or 3 eggs plus 2 egg whites); 4 eggs (or 3 eggs plus 2 egg whites); 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; brown sugar for sprinkling (optional); brown sugar for sprinkling (optional)

Preparation info

Yield:
12
servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Food Processor Bible

By Norene Gilletz

Published 2011

About

Chickpeas are the mystery ingredient in this gluten-free chocolate cake that contains no added fat! Steve Silbert of Richmond, Virginia, shared his scrumptious recipe, which he makes for his wife, Debbie, who is gluten-intolerant.

Ingredients

1½ cups sugar
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tbsp

Cake
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Low carb
Low fat
Keto
Low sodium
Low calorie

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray the inside of a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick spray. Cut parchment paper into a circle to cover bottom of pan and place it inside. (Otherwise, spray a 7- × 11-inch baking pan with nonstick spray. If serving cake directly from pan, there’s no need to l