"Magic Bean" chocolate cake

This is an awesome recipe, have made it a few times now and shared it with others to everyones amazement. Am really impressed with how the children are satisfied and filled up for ages. Am going to try the advocado icing on it to see how it goes.

Loved the magic bean cake, got the thumbs up from the two grandchildren. Daughter-in-law said she was happy she could send some to school as it didn't have any nuts in it to worry about.

Agree completely amazing cake, after whizzing beans left them in the bowl and kept on going, worked beautifully. Reminded me of the texture of devils food cake and great cold from fridge too!  The fussiest child I know demolished two slices, her mum was super impressed.  Just about to make another cake now!  

yum. This was awesome. I sliced it half and added a ganache in the middle... We had it at my two year old's birthday party and ended up just parents eating this and made cupcakes for the kids. Cake was polished off!

Thanks!

This cake is great!  I used cannelinni beans as I had no red kidney beans on hand at the time. My kids, neices and nephews tucked into the cake like it was any other chocolate treat.  HA Ha they had no idea there was some nutrition in there! will be making this one again!

Has anyone made it with nuttelex?  Would like to try it for my next famiy gathering that also includes a dairy free person.

Cheers, Peta

This recipe is FANTASTIC - whole family loved the cake.  I also left the bean mix in the bowl and just kept going - worked fine.  Cooked in loaf tin @ 180 for 50mins in fan-forced oven - lovely, moist cake - THANK YOU! 

I love this cake and it's always popular with friends and family. A couple of things I've found:

Step 1 - I find this takes about 1-2 minutes depending on the beans. I scrape down a couple of times

Step 2 - I insert the butterfly and cream the butter and sugar for 2 minutes on SP 4

I bake it in a loaf tin for easy cutting and find it needs to bake for 50-60 minutes in my oven, at 180 deg C on fan forced.

For those who have asked: 1 x 420gm can of beans = about 240gm in beans after they are drained and rinsed.

I've experimented with icing but find it's so rich, it doesn't need it.

My daughter made this recipe but cooked it in muffin size patty pans; worked beautifully and was as everyone else says - moist, delicious and amazing to not know the beans were there. (she didn't tell her dad and brother til they had eaten it the first time!). She froze what was left individually in ziplock bags for an "easy to take to work snack". We will be making these again definitely

This was absolutely delicious and my kids loved it even though when they watched me opening the tin of kidney beans told me they wouldn't be eating it. once it was cooked temptation got the better of them and they are asking for me to make it again. Thanks for fantastic recipe.

OMG Ridiculously good cake! Like the idea of leaving the beans in the TM bowl and just continuing with the mixture! I used a can of Butter Beans instead of the Kidney Beans so though I can't comment on the "gaseous exchange" from the Kidney Beans there was no issue with the Butter Beans in that regard! Though you'd probably need to eat the whole cake on your own to have that effect anyways! LOL The same cake out of the fridge the next day was like this amazing mudcake! Thanks for an amazing recipe Sarah - my first "anything" in my new THERMOMIX!

I just made this today, so can't advise on the gassy reaction yet!
But I don't use canned foods, so used dried red kidney beans. I used 110g of the dried beans, soaked them overnight then pre-cooked them this morning (in the basket with about 1500grams water - enough to submerge the beans completely) for 45 mins on 100 degrees and speed 3, then let them cool before I made the cake. I don't remember exactly how much the cooked beans weighed in the end, but I hope I've helped you!

Thanks to the poster - this cake was scrumptious, it got rave reviews!

Wow - this looks amazing.  Could the people who have made this cake with red kidney beans tell me if they experienced any gassy reactions from the beans?
If I was to avoid tinned beans, what do people think of using adzuki beans that I prepare myself and as per Cheryl's question above, would the weight of the cooked beans be less than 422g?
Appreciative of your wisdom.

Sarah would you mind adjusting the recipe to 0.5 teaspoons instead of using .5 the point is very hard to see for us oldies one of my team mates made it and put 5 teaspoons of baking powder in (not mentioning any names haha) just want to save any more catastrophes

Sarah would you mind adjusting the recipe to 0.5 teaspoons instead of using .5 the point is very hard to see for us oldies one of my team mates made it and put 5 teaspoons of baking powder in (not mentioning any names haha) just want to save any more catastrophes

Could you tell me if you need a 422 g tin of beans, drained, OR 420 g drained beans. 

Thanks!

Cheryl

Thanks Sarah this is a beautiful chocolate cake and who would think, Red Kidney Beans!!!. wow so moist and Gluten Free. i made it this morning and took it to our Group Leader Meeting and everyone loved it. Leanne (our Branch manager) "made " me leave the leftovers. oh well have to make another tomorrow. Think i will have it with the left over Raspberry Coulis in the fridge and maybe a smidgen of whipped cream

I made this today and it is so yummy!  My four year old polished off a piece and was none the wiser as to the "special" ingredient!  I will certainly be making this again - thanks Sarah!!

Thanks, I am baking it now for the first time, it smells good already! I think you'd like one of my own recipes which is also here on the community....chocolate, walnut and chickpea brownies...same concept....GF, nice and moist, and delicious! Thanks for posting your recipe!

Thanks, I am baking it now for the first time, it smells good already! I think you'd like one of my own recipes which is also here on the community....chocolate, walnut and chickpea brownies...same concept....GF, nice and moist, and delicious! Thanks for posting your recipe!

Oh wow - what a luscious cake this is, so moist! I love how it's got a whole can of kidney beans and you'd never know they were in there.

I made it a bit easier - blended the beans, etc then left it in the bowl and continued with the butter etc. Made it all even easier!

Highly recommend this one.

This was so yummy Sarah, maybe I'll whip it up for my friends tomorrow, thanks heaps