Quinoa chocolate cake

Directions

1. Cook the quinoa (check the packet instructions but generally it can be cooked like rice ie rinse it, combine it with two cups of water for each cup of grain, bring it to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 mins). Leave to cool.

2. Grate/ chop the chocolate into a glass bowl. Add the butter/ fat and put over a pan of simmering water (to make a bain marie*) and  gently melt the chocolate and butter together. Take off the heat and leave to cool. (*Bain Marie in American English = double boiler).

3. Blend the eggs and sugar together. Add the baking powder, vanilla essence, the cooled but still liquid butter/ chocolate and the cooled quinoa. Blend until smooth (a minute or so).

4. Pour into greased pan and put in the oven for around 80 minutes. The finished texture is more of a brownie than a cake and as such the centre should feel firm to the touch and when you put a knife in it should come out almost clean.

5. Leave the cake in the pan to cool fully.

6. Dust with icing sugar/ decorate with fruit to serve.

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