The Luxury of Legumes

The Luxury of Legumes

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Beanana Cake, and a Corner of Heaven

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Apr 01, 2026
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There are those people who say that chocolate items can be too rich or too decadent; I have never understood those people. But my body has.

I have no self-control when it comes to flourless chocolate cake, as I think it might be one of my favorite foods, and every spring I am overcome with a need to make one. But this spring I decided to break the cycle.

Not that I wasn’t going to make a flourless chocolate cake, but I wasn’t going to make a flourless chocolate cake that left me in a sugar coma contemplating my decision to eat a quarter of a cake in one sitting.

This cake is creamy, chocolatey, and the layers of sweetness from prunes, banana, and smoked maple syrup make a cake that I keep coming back for another slice, but luckily when I eat a quarter cake in one sitting I still feel great.


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