Avocado Chocolate Cake

By Katie HigginsUpdated Feb 09, 2017

A healthy & surprisingly delicious avocado chocolate cake!

Avocado Chocolate Cake: https://lett-trim.today/2014/10/14/avocado-chocolate-cake/

No oil, no butter, and just 75 calories ♥

I once read somewhere that you can sub avocado for the oil or butter in a recipe to add nutrition, cut back on fat and calories, and give baked goods a deliciously soft texture. So when a reader recently left a comment asking what she could use in place of the nut butter in my 100 Calorie Chocolate Cake, avocado was the first thing that came to my mind. Immediately, I had to try it out.

The results?

A super rich and fudgy chocolate cake with an incredibly light texture.

Avocado Chocolate Cake

Healthy Chocolate Cake https://lett-trim.today/2014/10/14/avocado-chocolate-cake/

Shown above, frosted with my favorite Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting.

You can use any of your favorite chocolate or vanilla frosting recipes here—or lightly dust the avocado chocolate cake with powdered sugar or even top it with coconut butter and fresh berries if you’d prefer.

My previous baking attempts with avocado—trying to create a recipe for avocado brownies—were abysmally awful. (And yes, I’m aware those two words mean the same thing. Trust me; the brownies warrant the tautology. They were that bad.)

So I cannot tell you how excited I am that this avocado chocolate cake turned out so perfectly!

Chocolate Avocado Cake

You won’t be able to taste the avocado at all!

Avocado Chocolate Cake

Avocado Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 25m

Ingredients

  • 1 cup spelt, white, Bob’s gf, or whole wheat pastry flour
  • 6 tbsp cacao or unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup xylitol or granulated sugar of choice (140g)
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips, optional
  • 1/4 cup yogurt of choice (such as Wholesoy) (60g)
  • 3/4 cup water (180g)
  • 1/4 cup mashed avocado, measured after mashing (60g)
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract (8g)

Instructions

Avocado Chocolate Cake Recipe: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, and grease an 8-in square or round pan. (Or double the recipe for a double-layer cake.) Set aside. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, optional chips, and sweetener, and stir very well. In a separate bowl, whisk together all remaining ingredients. 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 clean. Put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before taking even a single bite. Trust me!

*View Chocolate Avocado Cake Nutrition Facts*


Have you ever tried eating avocado in an unconventional way?

Such as in chocolate avocado pudding or an avocado smoothie? Would you ever be brave enough to try baking with it? Will you try this avocado chocolate cake??!

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148 Comments

  1. Mel says:

    Hi there!

    Just wanted to say thanks for also putting the measurements in grams. We Europeans love that 🙂 and it makes it a lot easier to follow the recipes!

    Reply
  2. Kelsey says:

    I keep seeing recipes for desserts using avocado…I’m going to have to try it out soon! Sounds heavenly 🙂

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  3. Paige says:

    Hi, roughly how many avocados did you use to get the post-mash 60g?

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    1. Laura says:

      I used half a big avocado

      Reply
  4. Laura says:

    Hi there,

    I just made your chocolate avo cake, but used coconut sugar 1/2c and 1/3c applepuree, and didn’t have yogurt so used 1/8c coconut cream….. YUMMMMMMYYYY!!!

    Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
  5. PottedFern says:

    ERMAGERD IM SO EXCITED I was one of the people who requested this!! Thank you and I can’t wait to try it 😀
    And yes I love chocolate avocado pudding… oh so delicious 😀

    Reply
  6. Whitney says:

    Sounds great and I can’t wait to try it. I love adding 1/2 an avocado to almost any smoothie. You can’t really taste it and it gives them a wonderful, almost pudding like texture.

    Reply
  7. Natalie says:

    Possibly stupid question here: I’m guessing this is plain (and not flavored) yogurt of any kind? Does Greek yogurt work?

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    1. Suzie says:

      I used greek yoghurt and mine was fine 🙂

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    2. Unofficial CCK Helper says:

      Yes.

      Reply
    3. Natalie says:

      Thanks guys! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Lisa @bitesforbabies says:

    I LOVE the idea of avocado in anything…it adds such a creamy texture! I’ve made avocado icing a number of times and it’s delicious. This cake looks so decadent, even though it’s healthy-always the best combo!

    Reply
  9. Brenda Conn says:

    So that 75 calories per serving has to be without the chocolate chips, right? My recipe analysis came to 165 calories per serving, which isn’t bad either.

    Reply