Moist Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup quinoa
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 2 cups milk
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 bring water and quinoa to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• 2 cover, reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
• 3 turn off the heat and leave the covered saucepan on the burner for another 10 minutes.
• 4 fluff with a fork and allow the quinoa to cool.
• 5 preheat the over to 350f.
• 6 lightly grease an 8inch round or square cake pan.
• 7 you must line the bottom of the pan with a piece of parchment paper (i didn't my first time and it was a disaster).
• 8 combine milk, eggs and vanilla in a blender or food processor.
• 9 add 2 cups of cooked quinoa and the butter and continue to blend until smooth.
• 10 mix the sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
• 11 add the contents of the blender and mix well.
• 12 pour the batter into the pan and bake on the centre over rack for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.