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You guys know how much I love chickpeas, but let’s face it, they don’t have an enormous amount of flavour on their own. That’s precisely why they’re so good at being dressed up in whatever outfit you fancy. Make them taste like pizza, nachos, peanut butter – or in this case, cake!
Okay, so this cheesy chickpea cake doesn’t actually taste like cake (I think cake might be one of the few things that even I wouldn’t add cheddar to) – but, it allows you to present your chickpeas in a totally new way so you never get bored of them… which I don’t think I would anyway, but not everyone is as freakish as me.
The chickpea cake begins with my standard combination of walnuts and chickpeas. I am honestly in love with this duo, they make…
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