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And the recipe we have all been waiting for Martins Chickpea Chocolate Cake.
2 cups cooked chickpeas.
5 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 orange
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/4 teaspoon bicarb
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup walnuts
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup dark cooking chocolate,grated.
Get the zest of one orange.
juice the rest of the fruit.
In a blender blend eggs first then chickpeas.
Add the juice.
Blend again until very smooth.
Add sugar, cocoa, bicarb baking powder, vanilla and chocolate.
Blend again.
Mix walnuts carefully into the mixture and the orange zest.
Poor in a round ,greased baking tin .
Bless your cake.
bake in a preheated oven at 175 C.(160 C in a fan forced oven )for one hour.
test with a knife . If the knife comes out clean it is done. If not bake longer.
This is a very moist cake so it can take up to 1 1/2 hours depending on oven and baking dish.
Cool the cake in a fridge completly down before cutting.
ENJOY
May 21, 2009 at 1:06 pm |
I’m new to Darwin and am looking for a place to buy spices, other than the supermarket . . . someone mentioned a place during the Ayurveda Wkshop weekend but I didn’t write it down . . can anyone help? Cheers. Caroline
July 8, 2009 at 5:59 pm |
tasted martin’s cake today – fabulous..now I can try it in melb thanks and the website is beautiful too carole
good on you. lena x