Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

1 - 19 oz. (540ml) can of unseasoned black beans, rinsed and drained
1 tbsp. (15 ml) water
5 large eggs
6 tbsp. (90 ml) butter
¾ cup sugar
1 tbsp. (15 ml) vanilla
6 tbsp. (90 ml) unsweetened cocoa powder
½ tsp. (2.5 ml) salt
1 tsp. (5 ml) baking powder
½ tsp. (2.5 ml) baking soda

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325°F.
Grease 9” cake pan, and line with parchment paper.
Blend beans with water and 3 of the eggs in a food processor or blender until liquefied.
Mix butter, sugar, vanilla, and remaining 2 eggs, and beat until light and fluffy.
Combine with liquefied bean batter.
Mix remaining dry ingredients separately, and add slowly to batter, mixing until smooth.
Scrape batter into pan, and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the top is rounded and firm to the touch and a toothpick comes out clean.

Estimated nutrition

Serving size: 1 slice, when the 9-inch cake is cut into 8 equal slices. Estimates use butter and ¾ cup regular granulated sugar. No frosting, toppings, or extra fat for greasing the pan are included.

Amount	Calories	Protein	Total carbs	Fat
1 slice	256 kcal	7.6 g	29.7 g	12.7 g
Whole cake	2,047 kcal	61.0 g	237.7 g	101.5 g

These are ingredient-based estimates, not a laboratory analysis. Brand, drained bean weight, cup measurement, and slice size will change the numbers.

Nutrition assumptions and sources

The calculation assumes 325 g rinsed and drained black beans from the can, 5 large eggs (250 g without shells), 85.2 g butter, 150 g granulated sugar, 32.4 g unsweetened cocoa, 13 g vanilla extract, 4.6 g baking powder, 2.3 g baking soda, and 3 g salt. These are approximate household-measure weights, not measured quantities from a finished cake. The can’s 540 ml is its labelled volume, not the weight of drained beans.

Ingredient values come from USDA FoodData Central. The drained-bean entry supplies protein, total carbohydrate, fat, and energy, but does not report fibre; fibre and net carbs are therefore not estimated here.[1] Egg and butter values use their USDA household weights.[2][3] Sugar, cocoa, and vanilla use the corresponding USDA entries.[4][5][6] Baking powder and baking soda are included in the calculation.[8][9] The salt entry contributes no calories or macros.[10] The water contributes no calories or macros. Vanilla extract’s ingredient energy is included before baking; cooking losses are not modelled. Calories are summed from each ingredient’s reported energy rather than recalculated from rounded macros.