Do black beans make a good gluten-free cake?

Mary Draper
Aug 26
2 min read

I’m testing out a 1/4 batch of Pancake Princess’ famous “Flourless Black Bean Chocolate Cake (gluten-free!)” for my birthday in a few weeks.

I’m looking for something on the healthier side, but also easy to make - no special equipment since we’ll be celebrating with a friend of mine, that doesn’t have a ton of baking stuff.

So this recipe could be perfect!! You can swap the granulated sugar for your sweetener/sugar-free-sub of choice (I’m using monk-allulose for my test batch), and it all goes in the blender!! ✅✅✅

Short video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/v9tq3I7EvIw?feature=share

FULL RECIPE:

►1 15.5oz can of black beans, drained and rinsed or 1 3/4 cups cooked black beans (301g)

►3/4 cup (150g) sugar (I subbed Allulose-monk blend)

►4 large eggs (200g)

►5 tbsp (70g) oil of your choice (I used avocado oil)

►1 tbsp vanilla

►5 tbsp (26g) cocao powder

►1 tsp baking powder

►1/2 tsp baking soda

►salt, only if using scratch-cooked black beans, add 1/4 tsp salt

INSTRUCTIONS:

►preheat oven to 350F. Grease and line 2 6-inch round cake pans with parchment

►in a blender or food processor, puree beans, sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla, until smooth

►add cocao, baking soda and baking powder, and blend until smooth

►divide batter into prepared cake pans and bake 30-35 minutes

►let cool 5 minutes then flip onto cooling rack

►top with Sally’s baking addiction choc buttercream

MY NOTES:

►I made a 1/4 sized batch and it made me 3 cupcakes, which I baked at 350F for 18 minutes. Next time I would bake them a little less, maybe 16-17 minutes.

►let cool then frost (what would you frost these with?? I’m thinking a 3-ingredient avocado fudge frosting??)

►enjoy!

RECIPE CREDIT: Erica Kwee aka The Pancake Princess

https://www.thepancakeprincess.com/flourless-black-bean-chocolate-cake-gluten-free/#recipe

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