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Warm Chocolate & Lentil Cakes

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

Servings: 5

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Ingredients

Directions

Nutrition

Ingredients

    8 oz (240 g) bittersweet chocolate, chopped

    1/2 cup (125 mL) salted butter, plus more for greasing

    1/2 cup (125 mL) lentil puree *

    3 large eggs

    3 large egg yolks

    1/2 cup (125 mL) granulated sugar

    1/4 cup (60 mL) cake flour, sifted


Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375˚F (190˚C).
  2. Coat five 8 oz ramekins with butter and dust lightly with flour, shaking out excess. Place on a baking sheet.
  3. Melt chocolate and butter in microwave until smooth, stirring a few times. Stir in lentil purée. Let cool.
  4. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat eggs, egg yolks, and sugar on high until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
  5. Fold in chocolate, then fold in cake flour just until no streaks remain.
  6. Pour batter evenly into prepared ramekins and bake about 13-15 minutes, until cakes have risen, tops are dry and the centres of the cakes are still a bit jiggly.
  7. Let them rest for 5 minutes then take a sharp knife and run it around the edges of cakes. Unmold onto plates and garnish with whipped cream and berries.

* How to make lentil puree:
Place cooked, or rinsed & drained canned lentils into a food processor. For every 1 cup of lentils, add 1/4 cup water. Blend to make a smooth purée with a consistency like canned pumpkin.


Nutritional Information

  • Serving Size: 1 cake
  • Per serving:
  • Calories 560
  • Total Fat 43 g
  • Saturated Fat 24 g
  • Cholesterol 270 mg
  • Carbohydrates 45 g
  • Dietary Fibre 6 g
  • Sugar 28 g
  • Protein 13 g
  • Sodium 190 mg
  • Potassium 131 mg
  • Folate 77 mcg