THE BEST Gluten Free and Dairy Free Chocolate Cake recipe

A great cake to satisfy the holiday chocolate cravings.  I have made this recipe a dozen times and have experimented by making it into cupcakes, adding walnuts, substituting sugar with agave etc.  The basic recipe is always the best, any substitutions have failed to compare to the original. Don't let the ingredients deter you, this is a moist and fluffy cake that will make you never want to try an overcomplicated, dry, crumbly and tasteless rice flour cake recipe again.

I can't take credit for this recipe or even point to a source.  This recipe was shared around at work, and of course anything gluten free always makes it to my inbox. Which I happily accept and experiment with.

I dare you to bake it and see if anyone can tell that it has chickpeas in it.  I made it for my Dad and served it to him without telling him it was a special cake.  He wasn't able to tell the difference between this cake and a regular chocolate cake.

INGREDIENTS

1 19oz can of chickpeas
1/3 cup orange juice
4 large eggs at room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar
2/3 cup cocoa
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Blend chickpeas and orange juice
3. Add eggs 1 at a time & beat
4. Add brown sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda
5. Beat together thoroughly
6. Pour batter into 9" round cake pan
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes