Bethany and I are thrilled!
We have perfected this healthy chocolate cake and the kids love it.
And it has NOTHING nasty in it, nothing at all.
I had bought some coconut flour, it took me ages to pluck up the courage to start using it. And it took a few goes to get this right, but here it is.
Super Healthy Chocolate Cake – Easy and Very Moist
Ingredients:
30 g (1/4 cup/ 1 oz) cocoa or cacao powder
35g (1/4 cup / 1 1/4 oz) coconut flour*
1 teaspoon (5 g) gluten free baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of sea salt
4 eggs
60g (1/4 cup (3 tablespoons) honey or maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
60g (1/4 cup / 2 oz) macadamia nut butter (or oil or melted coconut oil or butter)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 150 C.
Mix the cocoa, coconut flour, baking powder, cinnamon and sea salt in a bowl
Add the eggs, honey, vanilla and macadamia nut butter
Mix well until smooth and combined.
Spoon into muffin cases, I make 6 – 8 with this amount.
Or you could try it as a round cake.
Bake muffin size cakes for 15 – 20 minutes.
Less is more with this cake, it’s much better slightly underdone as it gets dry when overcooked. It’s better to have a fudgy, brownie like consistency.
I adapted this recipe from one at The Healthy Chef, fab website, highly recommended. I wanted to try using my macadamia nut butter in a cake, it worked perfectly. * The coconut flour was bought online, I can’t remember where, but somewhere found via Google. It’s not cheap but you only need a little as it expands and it’s fibre-packed and low GI.Click here to download a printable PDF of this recipe.
If this recipe appeals, you’ll love my Super Healthy Banana Bread recipe!
Wouldn’t you just like to sink your teeth into this cake?
This batch were a bit over done and dryish. I spread some melted chocolate over the top of some and sprinkled on 100s and 1000s and all was well.
This one needed no embellishment!
Why did I spend so many years making cakes with butter and white flour and sugar when there are such great healthier recipes around?
Am I bonkers?
Are you??
Aren’t we all??!!
Love
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Looks interesting ,thanks Seanna.
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I’m on a healthy cake frenzy, made the lovely banana bread that’s on the blog, the one that uses grouns almonds, today. My boys all wolfed down heaps – nutrition win!! Good thing after too much junk food in the holidays.
Looks good Seana, I woul have to try. I might replace the coconut flour with almond flour althought it would probably make it drier/more compact. We’ll see! PS: I’ve never used macadamia nut butter nor coconut oil, can you believe that?!
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Hi Cyndie, I have read some info on substituting flours of all types, maybe on Stonesoup?? I know the coconut flour only needs a quarter of the amound of wheat flour as it absorbs so much liquid, mad isn’t it?
It took me a while to find recipes that worked with the coconut flour.
Seana it looks amazing I will definitely try it. I have some chestnut flour might try that. As I’m sugar free I might try without sugar or with xylitol which I sometimes use instead. X
Mairi Stones recently posted..No More “Stuff” Please
YUMMO! Thanks for sharing!
Emily recently posted..…and some people go out of their way to ignore a pregnant woman
I haven’t seen many chocolate cakes that don’t have cane sugar. What a great recipe and it would certainly be okay to let the kids have a second slice xx
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Hi Charlie, pop over for a slice!
I will try making it with butter instead of the nut butter so that I can send it to school. Solid nourishment.
Healthy cake? You caught my attention
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This looks brilliant. I love cake, I love chocolate, I love coconut. Do you think it would work with any other type of flour, or would you need to change the quantity, because the coconut flour expands?
Rachel recently posted..The heavy responsibility of choosing the right school
Hi Rachel, I am not an expert but… I think you need 3 – 4 times the amount of wheat flour, I will try it as my coconut flour is going to run out soon. Anyway just to try. When I do I will post the info here too, no doubts there will be some failures! I’d also like to try it with almond meal.
But I must recommend coconut flour, it’s very yummy and fibre=packed.
I’d definitely like to try the coconut flour, but I know I wouldn’t get around to ordering it online. I’ll keep an eye out in the health food store or deli. I do like to try different flours to wheat, and I love almond meal. I have a recipe for a great almond meal chocolate cake, but it does have sugar, and quite a lot from memory. Other than that it’s dark chocolate and eggs. Fantastic.
Rachel recently posted..The heavy responsibility of choosing the right school
I love when everyday food items can be made healthy, especially chocolate cake. I’ve been wanting to try coconut flour for ages too. I might just be tempted now. Thanks so much for linking up to Thriving on Thursdays.
Anne xx
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I first came by this recipe at http://www.thehealthychef.com/2012/09/naked-chocolate-cake, last year. I have since made it several. It is such a simple, quick bake, and is always a real hit!
Hello yes that’s the one I adapted. Isn’t The Healthy Chef a handy site. Do try it with the macadamia nut butter. Gives a terrific flavour.