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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Fudgy Chocolate Quinoa Loaf
Amy Faries • Mar 03, 2020
Rich and fudgy chocolate cake with subtle notes of sweet quinoa flour and bits of chocolate chips!
I'm back ladies and gents!! After being sick for 3 consecutive weeks with a throat and sinus infection I finally feel well enough to start baking again. It seriously seems like it has been forever since I was last in the kitchen, 3 weeks is a long time! However, now that I'm better everyone else in my family is sick. This whole hot cold hot cold weather we have going on on Florida is crazy on the immune system. I never do anything half way, so instead of easing myself back into baking again I literally jumped right in. I made TJ's fudgy chocolate quinoa loaf, crusted girl scout cookie cake layers, a filling to go with it, and my buttercream for the cake. I didn't end up assembling the cake the same day because that is way too much and I never do that anyway. I must say though, I am so happy to be back in my element and do what makes me happy again. As always Lily is here helping me whilst being super sassy still, of course. With all that said lets get to this loaf!
I am a huge loaf lover! Banana bread was one of the first things my mom taught me to bake and it is my absolute favorite. I was excited to make this chocolate quinoa loaf because not only are loafs simple to whip up but it was a pre-made mix, which only needed a couple things added. This thing took forever to bake though, which was pretty frustrating. The recommended time on the box is 55 to 60 minutes but I ended up cooking it for about 80 minutes. The middle was just way too jiggly every time I brought it out of the oven that it needed more time. I checked my oven thermometer each time to make sure I wasn't letting too much heat out from opening the oven door and it remained a steady 350 degrees.
The amazing thing about this cake is that the taste of the quinoa flour was so subtle. Its not an overpowering taste where you can tell exactly what it is, but its not exactly the same as all purpose flour (taste wise). The chocolate definitely helps the flavor fully develop.I added about 1/3 cup of extra chocolate chips to the batter just in case the flavor of the quinoa came through too strong. Overall I would say that this loaf was very easy to throw together, tasted good, but took way to long to bake. I'm not sure if I will be rushing back to purchase this boxed mix again but I can definitely say that I am glad that I tried it out. I think more quinoa flour based baked goods are in my future though!
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