Kidney Bean Chocolate Cake

Have you still got that tin of kidney beans in the back of your cupboard? This is the perfect cake to use them up!

Ingredients

100g good dark chocolate

400g can red kidney beans, drained and well rinsed

125g brown sugar

75 grams butter

100g plain flour

3 large eggs mortar

pinch of salt flakes

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

100g milk chocolate chopped in to squares

Method

Step One:

Preheat the oven to 180c/Gas Mark 4 and grease a 20cm cake tin and line the base with greaseproof paper

Step Two:

Whip together the butter and sugar

Step Three:

Blend the oil, beans, egg and vanilla essence in a blender.

Step Four:

Melt dark chocolate and cool slightly

Step Five:

Whip the egg mixture into the butter and sugar, add the melted chocolate.

Step Six:

Fold in the flour, salt and baking powder

Step Seven:

Pour the mixture into your cake tin evenly and place the milk chocolate on top in squares or lines

Step Eight:

Bake for 20-25 minutes – or until a cake tester comes out clean, and take out of the oven.