Quinoa Chocolate Cake

Quinoa Chocolate Cake is my first recipe in the Quinoa Qoaw Qoaw section. I had my own apprehensions when I started making the recipe but I was totally wrong. This is the best chocolate cake I ever had. Hands down!

I was inspired by many recipes on the internet but I had to make few tweaks to get a healthy recipe. 

Ingredients
Quinoa - 2/3 cup (uncooked)
Water - 1-1/3 cup
Brown Sugar - 1 cup 
Whole Eggs - 3
Egg Yolk - 1
Butter - 1/2 cup
Chocolate chips - 1 cup (melted in double broiler - do not melt chocolate directly in heat as it may burn and taste bitter) 
Vanilla essence - 1tsp
Baking Powder - 1-1/2 tsp 
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp

1. Cook 2/3 cup Quinoa in 1-1/3 cup water for 12 minutes on medium flame till its done. When its cooked it will measure to about 2 cups cooked quinoa. Let it cool.
2. Beat eggs, butter, vanilla essence together. Add cooled melted chocolate to it and mix well. Follow it with sugar, baking powder and baking soda and mix well.
3. Now add the cooked quinoa and mix well for like 10 minutes with the electric mixer. This will ensure quinoa and the chocolate egg are mixed well.
4. Bake at 350 F for 40 - 45 mins till cooked. Let it cool down. It tastes best with fresh whip cream or vanilla ice-cream or strawberry jam. Enjoy!!