The Best Gluten-Free Flourless Chocolate Quinoa Cake (2024)

The Best Gluten-Free Flourless Chocolate Quinoa Cake

Get ready to make the best gluten-free flourless chocolate quinoa cake!

I started making this cake for my daughter with celiac disease. I wanted her to have a cake that she could enjoy. This cake is a winner! Its super moist and you can’t tell that its made with super healthy quinoa. You would never think these too ingredients would go together and work well. Its a double win! Chocolate and quinoa. MMMmmm!

One day we let grandma try it and she always asks me to make it for her too.

Check out the end of this post for a YouTube video tutorial and FREE printable recipe cards for the Gluten-Free Flourless Chocolate Quinoa Cake and simple icing.

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The Best Gluten-Free Flourless Chocolate Quinoa Cake

Lets see how its made.

First you want to start by added water to a pot and bringing to a boil. Then add the 2/3 cup quinoa. Stir it around for a minute or two at a boil. Bring down to a simmer and cover with a lid. Let it simmer for about 10 minutes or until all the water is absorbed. You can then fork it till fluffy. Take it off the burner and set it aside to let it cool down.

Note: The quinoa will expand when cooked. You need 2/3 cup dry quinoa which will turn into 2 cups when fully cooked. Add the 2 cups of cooked quinoa to the blender when cooled.

While the quinoa is cooling down now is the time to start adding the eggs, milk and vanilla extract to a blender. I like to use my Oster blender for this. Blend these three wet ingredients together until they are combined.

Add the cooled cooked quinoa to the already blended ingredients. It should come out to be 2 cups of cooked quinoa. At this time you should add the melted butter to the blender.

Blend again till its all creamy and smooth. Take a couple of minutes to blend it. Start and stop the blender a few times. It can be a thick batter. This is now the quinoa batter for the cake.

This is the Oster Blender I use, find it here.

In a separate mixing bowl add your all your dry ingredients together. Whisk them together until they are blended well.

Then you want to pour the blended quinoa batter from the blender to add it to the bowl with the dry ingredients. Stir them together too. Still well.

I like using these stainless steel mixing bowls.

Using two 6 inch baking pans to bake them in. From now on I chose to use a smaller diameter baking pan for this recipe because it makes the cake more substantial and moister. In the past I have tried it with the usual 9 inch round baking pans but I found over time that it is to thin and comes out drier. This way when you use the 6 inch pans the final cake becomes taller and thicker.

If you can’t find the 6 inch in the store you can find it here. Wilton 6 inch baking pans.

Bake it!

Separate the quinoa batter evenly into the two 6 inch baking pans. Smooth over the top of the batter to make it lay evenly in the pan. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Simple Icing

While your cake is in the oven make this icing. Super simple, quick and gluten-free too!

Combine in a bowl the powered sugar, cocoa power and tablespoons of milk.

Whisk it all together. Add milk by the tablespoon until you get the consistency that you like.

Icing the cooled cake

After the cake comes out of the oven I like to put it on a cooling rack. It helps cool it down faster.

Its a good idea to use a cooling rack for these. You can find the ones I like here.

Almost done!

Take one layer of cake and add it to your cake pedestal. Spread some icing in the middle then add the second layer of cake to the top. I like to put the cake upside down on the cake pedestal. (the opposite way that it was baked) This way it gives a nice flat surface to spread the icing on to.

After the icing has settled, slice it up and serve.

Here is a 6 inch cake pedestal stand to display this beautiful gluten-free cake!

Watch the video tutorial here

FREE Printable Recipe Card

FREE Printable Recipe Card

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