Garbanzo Cake Recipes

ORANGE SPICE GARBANZO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square cake pan or line with parchment paper.
• Process garbanzo beans in a food processor until smooth. Add cinnamon and cloves and pulse until combined. Add eggs, sugar, baking powder, and orange zest; process until just combined. Stir orange juice into garbanzo mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Remove cake from pan and cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares.

GARBANZO BEAN CHOCOLATE CAKE (GLUTEN FREE!)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
• Place the chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl. Cook in the microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring every 20 seconds after the first minute, until chocolate is melted and smooth. If you have a powerful microwave, reduce the power to 50 percent.
• Combine the beans and eggs in the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Add the sugar and the baking powder, and pulse to blend. Pour in the melted chocolate and blend until smooth, scraping down the corners to make sure chocolate is completely mixed. Transfer the batter to the prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving.

CHOCOLATE CHICKPEA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with baking spray and set aside.
• Place eggs and chickpeas in a food processor and blend until smooth. Add sugar, baking powder and espresso powder (if using) and pulse until combined. Pour in melted chocolate and process until combined, scraping down the sides to make sure thoroughly mixed. Pour batter into prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (with moist crumbs is ok). Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes and then invert cake on wire rack lined with parchment to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar before serving, as desired.

GARBANZO CAKE

Steps:

• Combine topping ingredients in a small bowl.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Drain the chickpeas thoroughly in a colander, and rub them between the palms of your hands to loosen and remove the skins.
• After separating and discarding the skins, place the chickpeas in a food processor and process until smooth.
• Spoon the puree into a bowl and stir in the eggs, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, orange zest, and orange juice.
• Grease and flour a 1 pound loaf pan.
• Pour the cake mixture into the loaf pan. Level the surface and bake 1 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove cake from oven, and let stand in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, place on wire rack, and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar topping to taste. Reserve remaining cinnamon sugar (if any) for another use.

CHOCOLATE GARBANZO BEAN CAKE

Steps:

• Puree in food processor till smooth the beans and eggs.
• Add the baking powder and sugar, pulse till smooth.
• In a microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate chips, stirring often till smooth.
• Add to food processor, pulse till smooth.
• Pour into a greased and floured 9 inch cake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.
• Dust with sugar if you like.
• *I could not find a 19oz can of beans, so I used about 2 cups.
• *I also added a splash of vanilla flavoring.
• *I also 'floured" my pan with dark cocoa.

GARBANZO BEAN CHOCOLATE CAKE {GLUTEN, EGG, DAIRY AND TREE-NUT FREE}

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Add in flax "eggs," vanilla, oil, and milk.
• Mix in water.
• Fill two greased 8 in. round cake pans.
• Bake at 350 F for about 25-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let cool about 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to finish cooling. Let cool completely before icing.*