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Chocolate and mushroom gateau
A light, moist gateau with a rich, slightly decadent chocolate flavour and just a subtle hint of mushroom. Serve and ask everyone to guess the two veg hiding inside this cake!
Serves: 15
Time to make: 55 mins
Hands-on time: 10 mins
Ingredients
- Cake
- 125g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ¹⁄³ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 250g button mushrooms, roughly chopped
- 125g almond meal
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ cup wholemeal flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- Ganache
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 ripe avocado
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Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 170°C fanforced. Grease and line a 20cm springform cake tin.
2 Place chocolate, oil, maple syrup, vanilla, cocoa, coffee and a pinch of salt in a saucepan and melt together over a low heat, stirring often.
3 Place mushrooms into food processor and blitz until fine. Add to a large bowl with almond meal, eggs, wholemeal flour and baking powder. Pour in wet mix and stir until combined.
4 Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 45 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted.
5 Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before turning out onto a serving dish.
6 To make the ganache, place cocoa powder, maple syrup and avocado into the clean food processor and blitz until smooth. Spread over cooled cake and serve.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 213cal
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Kilojoules 891kJ
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Protein 4.9g
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Total fat 14.6g
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–Saturated fat 3.4g
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Carbohydrates 14.6g
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–Sugars 9.4g
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Dietary fibre 2.9g
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Sodium 117mg
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Calcium 44mg
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Iron 1.5mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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I had my doubts about this recipe but I was curious to test it out. It’s delicious. The mushrooms are undetectable but contribute a secret umami flavour that really lifts this chocolate cake.