Healthy Chocolate Cake
This Healthy Chocolate Cake is so easy to make! It's perfect to make ahead and have for dessert (or breakfast) throughout the week. It's gluten-free, dairy-free, oil-free, refined sugar-free and can be made vegan too!
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 240 g Oat Flour or blended oats
- 30 g Cocoa Powder
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 250 g Apple Sauce
- 1 Large Egg or 1/4 cup soy yoghurt for vegan
- 40 g Coconut Sugar
- 125 g Milk dairy-free for vegan
- 1 tbsp Instant Coffee optional
- 60 g Dark Chocolate
Healthy Chocolate Frosting:
- 60 g Apple Sauce
- 15 g Cocoa Powder
- 1 tbsp Maple Syrup
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (160°C fan / 350°F) and prepare a loaf tin (mine is 20cm x 10cm) with baking parchment paper.
- Combine the Oat flour, Cocoa Powder, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Salt in a large mixing bowl.
- In a separate mixing bowl add the Apple Sauce, Egg (or Vegan Yoghurt), Coconut Sugar, Milk and Coffee and whisk until combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combined then add in your chopped chocolate.
- Transfer the cake batter to your loaf tin and bake for 45-50 minutes.
- Once cooked, leave to cool for 10 minutes in the tin and then transfer to a wired rack to completely cool.
- Mix together the ingredients for your frosting and coat your cake.
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Notes
Please see the blog post contents for ingredient substitutions, baking tips and storage instructions.
These nutritional values are provided as a guide only and may be different depending on your ingredients and measurements.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Chocolate Cake
Serving Size
1 slice
Amount per Serving
Calories
190
% Daily Value*
Fat
5.3
g
8
%
Carbohydrates
27.9
g
9
%
Protein
5.2
g
10
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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