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These Black Bean Lava Cakes are a healthy dessert that will trick your loved ones into eating their beans! No one will ever know these chocolate lava cakes are made from black beans!
Remember that time I wrote a whole post on how lemon was my favourite cake flavour and chocolate was so cliche for Valentine’s Day? I lied.
As soon as I pulled these babies out of the oven, it was love at first sight. When I dug my fork in and the chocolate came oozing out, I was hooked. And then there’s the fact that the main ingredient is black beans…I have found my soulmate.
Food makes me think about things. I’d like to believe I’m not the only person who experiences profound philosophical realizations while in the kitchen. I probably am.
These cakes of goodness got me thinking about love at first sight and the idea of a soulmate. After some deep thinking and 2 lava cakes, I experienced some major epiphanies. I believe you can sense a person’s energy within minutes of first meeting them and that chemistry is a very real thing. I also don’t believe that we all have a single person we are meant to be with. I don’t think everyone can be compatible but I do think we each have at least 5 people in this gigantic world we can make it work with.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going all sister-wife on you (it’s totally cool with me if you’re into that!) I just think finding 1 in 7 billion is kind of a tricky task.
Despite my beliefs, I do think I’ve found my 1 (or 4) in 7 billion. These Black Bean Lava Cakes have filled my heart with immense joy and I cannot wait to spend my life with them.
Just kidding 😉 You all know who I’m talking about and if you ask nicely I’ll tell you the story of how we met. Let’s just say I got more than a diploma on graduation night!
PrintBlack Bean Lava Cakes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 cakes 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 flax egg (1 tbsp ground flax mixed with 3 tbsp warm water)
- 1 15 oz can of black beans, drained and rinsed (or 1 1/2 cups cooked black beans)
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tsp sea salt (divided)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup almond meal
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 4 pieces of chocolate, for center.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Make flax egg and set aside
- In food processor combine black beans, maple syrup, applesauce, apple cider vinegar, and half of sea salt. Pulse to combine (about 1 minute)
- Add in almond meal, cocoa powder and flax egg. Process until combined (about 30 seconds)
- Add in baking powder and continue processing for another 30 seconds.
- Grease four 5 oz ramekins with coconut oil. Make sure to grease well.
- Add a 1/4 cup of batter to each ramekin.
- Place a piece of chocolate in the center and then cover each ramekin evenly with remaining batter.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 25 mins.
- Remove from oven, sprinkle with remaining sea salt and let cool for 10 mins.
- Use a knife to loosen edges and then flip ramekins over on a plate. They should come loose easily.
- Serve warm. Will keep in fridge for several days and reheat in microwave if desired.
This. girl. is on fi-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! This girl is on fiy-aaaaaaaaaaaaah-aaaaaah!
That’s all I have to say about your entire week of posts.
hahahaha someone else had a long week I see…
I didn’t believe in love at first site until I met my husband (so corny, I know). I saw him and thought “holy shit. that’s the guy.” BUT I don’t think he’s my soul mate. My best friend and I certain we are each others soul mate. Is that weird?
Nope not weird. I don’t necessarily believe in soul mates but I have no doubts that if they do exist I found mine 😉 My psychic said we were together in a previous life. Is THAT weird?
After about 7 relationships (all with guys I was sure I would marry them) I am convinced that there more than 1 out there. btw, will you marry me? I will teach you how to speak SwissGerman. Cause everyone wants to know how to.
But seriously, Lava Cakes are my soulmates. I Need These in my life.
And I want to know the Story about how you guys met!!! Is Berlin involved?? LOL.
hahahaha thank god I didn’t end up with the boy(s) I met in Berlin…
Did I ever tell you I took a year of german classes? Even before I went to Berlin I had this obsession with Germany. My parents were extremely confused why I wanted to learn german (outside of school btw) but since it was a productive hobby they supported it.
As it turns out, german is HARD so I quit after a year and stuck to french and italian instead! If you want to tutor me I’ll give you all the lava cakes you want 😉
I’m drooling over these! They are by far my favorite in your Valentine’s bake-off so far. I can’t believe they’re mostly black beans…crazy talk. Definitely must try these.
Oh, pick me, pick me! I want to know how you met your man. 🙂 I too believe that you have more than 1 soul mate. It doesn’t even have to be a lover, but perhaps a best friend.
Love at first sight? My parents (high school sweethearts) would say yes. I think no HOWEVER when I first met my husband I will say that knew there was something about him and I knew he’d be in my life but just wasn’t sure how. I think love is earned over time. But maybe what I felt deep down inside was love at first sight… hmm, I will ponder more. 😉
I absolutely agree that love takes time sometimes. I was pretty head over heels with C immediately but in past relationships it definitely took more time.
I think these were my favourite from the week too 🙂
“I believe you can sense a person’s energy within minutes of first meeting them and that chemistry is a very real thing” I totally agree. You can definitely sense someone with negative energy straight away. I tend to avoid those people. So lava cake is probably one of my all time favorite desserts! Needs to be served with the right size of vanilla bean ice cream though…at least you keep with the bean theme? 🙂 I have to ask a question regarding the recipe though: Make flax egg and set aside.
What does that mean to make flax egg? Thanks! I’m a really novice cook! 🙂
Hey Tonya!
Totally agree on the ice cream!
So a flax egg as I described in the ingredients is just 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed mixed with 3 tablespoons of warm water. When you let that sit for a few minutes in reaches the same consistency as an egg (you can do the same with chia seeds) and is often used in vegan baking!
Oh I die!! Going to try this with cashew meal!!
That sounds awesome!!! Tell me how it goes!
So I don’t have ramekins, but I will seriously go buy them just for this recipe. Jesus, these look awesome. Can you believe I’ve never a lava cake? Considering my chocolate obsession, that’s just wrong.
P.S. I made your peanut butter chocolate chip blondies for a bake sale today – they are awesome!
ah those are the best!!! Now I want to make some…
Yum, yum and yum! These look amazing! I love using black beans in desserts. One time I made black bean brownies and they turned out delicious. You’d never even know!
I’ve seen black beans in brownies, but never in lava cake – love it when you discover something new that is also healthy and can stealthily sneak it into a decadent treat.
Thanks Jeanette! It was love at first bite 🙂
Davida – WOA- yes, these cakes would lead to some deep thinking for me too- like how oh how do I eat only one and make these last for more than a day! Healthy and totally enticing!
So looking forward to hearing about your story on how yall met…