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Hidden Chickpea Cake

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This delicious cake is easy to make, kid friendly, and nutritious thanks to the beans.

Ingredients

  • One 15-ounce can Garbanzo Beans (aka Chickpeas), drained and rinsed
  • 1 1/2 cups Chocolate Chips, melted
  • 3/4 cup granulated Sugar
  • 4 large Eggland's Best eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
Vegetarian Ready in 50 minutes, recipe by Meal Makeover Moms

Preparation

  • Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
  • Place the beans, melted chips, sugar, eggs and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor and process until super smooth.
  • Pour the batter into a 9-inch springform pan and bake 40 minutes, or until the cake is set and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool completely in the pan on a rack. Remove from the pan, slice and serve.

Notes and Suggestions

If you’re following a gluten-free diet, make sure the chips you use in this recipe are “gluten free.”  You can top with fresh berries and whipped cream (or frozen yogurt or vanilla lowfat ice cream).  If you don’t have a food processor, use a blender.  To melt the chocolate chips, place them in a medium saucepan over low heat and stir until melted, 1 to 2 minutes.

Yield

Makes 12 servings

Nutritional Facts

1 Serving: Calories 231; Fat 10g (36.9% calories from fat); Protein 4g; Carbohydrate 35g; Dietary Fiber 3g; Cholesterol 71mg; Sodium 107mg.

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  • Jessica 16 Aug, 02:13 PM

    Looks good!

  • Lainie Fiszer, Eggland's Best 17 Aug, 08:23 AM

    Jessica, it IS good! You should make it.

  • marlene 17 Aug, 08:59 AM

    wow what a treat for those with allergies and it looks easy enough to just pop into the oven. question: does it dry out fast? there does not seem to be much liquid in the recipe.

  • Esti 18 Aug, 09:07 PM

    This recipe looks delicious and it's pareve.

  • Meal Makeover Mom Janice 20 Aug, 06:07 AM

    Hi Marlene: I didn't find that the cake dried out fast. I did keep it in the fridge and my girls ate it within a day or two so I'm not sure how dried out it would get if you kept it for longer. Let us know if you make it!

  • GABY 23 Aug, 02:04 PM

    It's very very good! I even replaced the chocolate chips with unsweetened cocoa powder mixed with olive oil, boiling water, and fructose! Came up great!!! I know... I'm a health freak :) My family loved it too!

    Next time I'll add walnuts to turn it into "brownies" (since it doesn't rise as much to be considered "cake" for me)

  • ann 30 Aug, 04:02 PM

    I loved the cake! and its gluten free which is better! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!!!

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