Amaranth Chocolate Cake

Amaranth Chocolate Cake is an eggless cake using a mix of all-purpose flour and amaranth flour. It is topped with Spiced Pear in white wine.

I am here with the Amaranth Chocolate Cake recipe which I promised in last week’s post.

Lately, I have been seeing a lot of Gluten Free recipes using Amaranth Flour. Though we have no medical reason to follow a gluten or whole-grain diet V has started avoiding Refined (all-purpose) flour with a vengeance.

He would eat also and then crib for feeling sleepy & not fresh due to eating refined flour.

So I have slowly started moving towards whole grain including Whole Wheat & Amaranth, especially in Baking.

I must say it was my first trial at using Amaranth & I loved it. I would be incorporating more of it in my baking now.

The taste was rich, soft & just perfect sweetness. I reduced the sugar to 3/4 cup as we prefer less sweet and I was going to top it with spiced pear in white wine.

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Amaranth Chocolate Cake with Spiced Pear

Perfect cake for 2 with healthy ingredients. It is for those days when you crave indulgence in moderation.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Baking, Dessert

Cuisine: Vegetarian

Keyword: Bakery, eggless

Servings: 5 inch round cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup amaranth flour
• ¼ cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ cup milk
• ¼ tsp salt
• ⅓ cup olive oil
• 1 cup coffee concoction 1 cup boiled water + ½ tbsp coffee powder
• ¾ cup castor sugar powdered
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

• Preheat the oven at 180 °C. Grease & line a 5 inch mould.
• In a bowl sift all the dry ingredients except sugar.
• In another bowl mix all the wet ingredients along with sugar. Now fold dry ingredients into the wet. Pour this mixture into a greased tin and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Let it cool down at room temperature.
• At the time of serving, top with spiced pear & sauce.

Notes

1. minimally adapted from Baking Flavours
2. You can use 1 cup sugar for a sweeter cake