No April Fools Joke!

I made my first flourless chocolate cake tonight. I was feeling cranky and figured that this would be the best way to fix it...it was. All smiles after this.

The secret ingredient? Garbanzo beans...how weird! I was looking for a recipe to use up a couple of cans we had around. I love them on salads but I ALWAYS forget to use them. I made all our dessert guests try to guess what was in the cake and no one even came close (aka, the cake did not taste at all like the beans). The cake itself was chocolately, moist, and realllly delicious. Here is the amazing recipe...

Garbanzo Bean (and Gluten Free!) Chocolate Cake
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (15.5 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
4 eggs
3/4 cups white sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
confectioners sugar, chocolate syrup, and/or whipped cream for topping

Directions:
1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a 9-inch cake pan
2.) Melt chocolate chips in microwave for a total of two minutes, stirring frequently after first minute.
3.) Combine the beans and eggs in a food processor and blend until smooth. (Make sure you do this long enough, you definitely do not want whole garbanzo beans in your cake.) Add the sugar and baking powder and pulse to mix. Pour in the melted chocolate and blend until completely combined.
4.) Transfer the batter to the prepared baking pan and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the cake pan for 10-15 minutes.
5.) Top with chocolate syrup and/or powdered sugar.
6.) Enjoy! Yum!

Update: I swear this was better cold this morning after chilling in the fridge all night. Soooo delicious, a keeper for sure.