A healthy and low fat chocolate cake recipe that tastes so sinful you will never believe it!
There is NO oil needed for this chocolate cake!
The recipe gets rave reviews every single time I make it… even from people who aren’t normally fans of healthy desserts!
It can definitely hold its own against any high-calorie chocolate cake from a fancy restaurant or cake shop, and no one ever guesses it isn’t full of fat and sugar.
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Bonus points: There are no crazy ingredients in this recipe.
No offense to my cauliflower based Healthy Chocolate Cake.
By using yogurt (I like nondairy yogurt) you can cut way back on the fat and empty calories while still retaining all of the moisture and richness of a traditional cake made with oil.
Years of experience have taught me that chocolate tastes much better when some fat is included, and therefore I chose to add a little nut butter to the healthy chocolate cake recipe as well (for allergy-friendly, you can use Sunbutter or Peabutter).
Can you think of a better way to spend one’s birthday (my birthday was this past Saturday) than taste-testing chocolate cakes?
I couldn’t, and so this is exactly what I did!
Anyways, back to the chocolate cake…
What was your BEST birthday ever?
Although my best birthday was probably my 16th, this past birthday came pretty close. When it started to lightning and pour rain around 8 PM, I was initially worried no one would show up.
But the rain quickly dissipated, and I had an amazing night in downtown DC with around 30 close friends, none of whom I knew a year ago.
It was completely terrifying to start over when I first moved to the area, and I think last Saturday was the first time I realized I finally didn’t feel like an outsider anymore.
P.S. If you need ideas for your next birthday, please feel free to steal my idea of spending the day eating chocolate cake!
Watch the video above for how to make a low calorie chocolate cake
100 Calorie Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup spelt, white, or gf ap flour
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp each: baking soda and salt
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar of choice or xylitol
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips, optional
- 1/4 cup yogurt (I like nondairy)
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup almond butter, peanut butter, OR allergy-friendly sub – For a nut-free cake, try my Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, and grease an 8-in square or round pan. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, optional chips, and sweetener, and stir very well. (If your nut butter is not stir-able, gently heat it until stir-able.) In a new bowl, whisk together the nut butter, yogurt, water, and vanilla. Pour wet into dry and stir until just combined (don’t over-mix), then pour into the greased pan. Bake 25 minutes or until batter has risen and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out mostly clean. (I like to take it out when it’s still a little undercooked, let it cool, and then set in the fridge overnight. This prevents overcooking, and the cake will still firm up nicely as it sits.) If you can wait, I highly recommend not taking a taste until the next day… this cake is so much richer and sweeter after sitting for a day. Trust me! View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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Cinnamon Sugar Pillow Cookies (vegan recipe)
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Really good even with various gf flours (quinoa or rice). Very moist and super easy to make. Looks more like a brownie though at least with gf flour. Good for the whole family!
I’ve been looking for healthier desserts since I’m recovering from open-heart surgery. I tried this cake and it’s definitely a keeper. It’s so light and moist, hard to believe there’s so little fat. My family loved it!
I loved this I made it as a dessert with Christmas dinner and me and my grandmother ate half the cake (oops 🤣😅) and my mom loved it to i swapped the sugar with 1/4+1/8cup stevia and it worked out perfect! I’m gonna make it again for sure.
WARNING: DO NOT SUBSTITUTE THE SALT FOR COCAINE. NEVER AGAIN! WORST DECISION EVERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic
Hi just curious can you use almond flour instead?
For an almond flour version, use this keto cake recipe: https://lett-trim.today/keto-cake-recipe/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
These reviews do not lie, this cake is super satisfying and DELICIOUS! Didn’t have yogurt so I subbed almond milk – totally fine. Made in 2 small ramekins for individual servings rather than 8×8 pan and cooked for 20min (cut all ingredients to 40%).
Thank you so much, this makes us so happy to read 🙂
I followed the recipe exactly, and ended up with such a thick mixture it was impossible? So I added more water and some black coffee.
I also worked out the calories and it comes out at 212 calories per slice without frosting, so think the title is misleading.
Cooked in 20 mins.
Tasty. Stodgy and dense which I like! Satisfied my craving for gooey chocolate 🙂
Hi, what specific ingredients did you use? Also, nutrition facts are correct as long as optional ingredients aren’t included. So glad it turned out well!
Thank you for this recipe! I just made it using Simpla as the sweetener, and it is delicious! Not too sweet, which I like. I love how moist the yogurt and nut butter made it too.
Thank you so much for trying it 🙂
I dont know what i did wrong my batter was thick added some more water which ended up as a disaster cake, it wouldnt cook in the middle. I used self raising floor was that the culprit for this to go wrong. ?
Unfortunately yes, you need to use one of the flours listed as an option in the recipe for the recipe to work.