Description
Whether you’re living la vida paleo or simply trying to reduce your intake of white flour and sugar, this gluten-free dark-chocolate cake is simply sublime. Even the most serious chocolate lover will approve this not-too-sweet cake that provides almost half your daily vitamin E (40 percent) and 33 percent of your daily fiber. Healthy and delicious. Mmm.
Recipe Type: Snack
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups finely ground almond flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup dark honey
- ½ cup coconut palm sugar
- 2 ripe, medium avocados; peeled, seeded and mashed
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°. Grease a loaf pan, and line with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, pour boiling water and vanilla extract onto cocoa powder, and whisk to combine; it should be like a slightly runny paste.
- In a large bowl, sift almond flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add honey, coconut sugar and avocados to the bowl of a food processor. Process until avocado mixture is smooth and pale green.
- Add chocolate mixture to the food processor, and blend until well combined.
- Whisk eggs, and add them to the food processor; pulse 3–5 times to incorporate into the mixture.
- Gently fold chocolate-avocado mixture into the dry ingredients, adding chocolate chips if you’re using them.
- Pour batter into your prepared loaf pan and bake 50 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean. The cake will be a bit jiggly. Cool the cake for at least 20 minutes before removing from the pan.
PER SERVING: 450 CAL; 12G PROTEIN; 26G FAT; 49G CARB (36G SUGARS); 140MG SODIUM; 8G FIBER
Recipe provided by the California Avocado Commission, californiaavocado.com
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