No one ever believes this magically rich and delicious chocolate loaf cake could possibly be so healthy!
A deep and fudgy chocolate loaf that’s secretly vegan and tastes like eating dessert for breakfast.
It’s great for a healthy snack, and leftovers (if there are any leftovers!) can be sliced and frozen for later, so it’s also perfect for meal prep.
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Frosting Ideas:
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
The chocolate loaf cake can be made with just a few basic pantry staple ingredients – no flax eggs, no chia seeds, no black beans, and no banana!
Leftover yogurt? Make this Vegan Cheesecake
Substitution Options:
To keep the recipe vegan, use your favorite plain nondairy yogurt, such as coconutmilk, almondmilk, or soy yogurt.
Or if you don’t want to use yogurt at all, the chocolate loaf also works well with an equal amount of canned pumpkin or sweet potato puree.
I haven’t tried the recipe with almond flour so would probably experiment with adding cocoa to my Almond Flour Banana Bread recipe before I’d experiment with this one, as fewer substitutions would be needed in order to make the loaf turn out properly. Alternatively, you can try baking the Keto Cake in a loaf pan, and be sure to report back for other readers if you experiment.
Dutch cocoa will give the loaf a brownie-like flavor, but if you can’t find it then feel free to substitute additional regular cocoa powder. I would recommend using either the oil or nut butter version if you’re only using all regular cocoa, because if you omit both the fat and the Dutch cocoa then the depth of flavor is a little flat.
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Above, watch the chocolate yogurt loaf recipe video
The recipe was adapted from my Chocolate Zucchini Bread.
Chocolate Yogurt Loaf
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups spelt, white, or oat flour (180g)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 tbsp dutch cocoa (or additional regular)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp each: baking soda and salt
- 2/3 cup sugar, unrefined if desired
- 3/4 cup yogurt (or see substitution note above)
- 2/3 cup milk of choice
- 1/4 cup oil, peanut butter, or additional yogurt
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (not optional)
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- optional 1/4 tsp instant coffee
InstructionsÂ
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9Ă—5 loaf pan. Stir dry ingredients in a bowl, then add remaining and stir to form a batter. (If using peanut butter, gently heat it if not already easily stir-able.) Smooth batter into the pan. Bake on the center rack 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Let cool completely, as it becomes easier to slice after sitting a few hours. Taste and texture are ten times better the next day if you can wait!View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
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Mine tasted way too salty. I looked at other similar recipes and they had less baking soda & powder. The addition of salt on top of baking soda and powder seems too much. It is edible, but I would try it without added salt next time.
This is amazing and so easy to make.
CCK’s recipes are some of my favorites. I always have incredible success with whatever I bake. I came for the single-serving “mug” cakes and kept coming back to try new recipes. I adjusted this loaf cake just a bit by using part fizzy water & part soya milk. I love how light the fizzy water makes cakes. I haven’t tasted it yet, but it is amazing if it is anything like the batter.
I used peanut butter for the fat and will top it with a vegan peanut butter buttercream frosting. I’ll let you know if it’s delicious!
Thank you so much for making it!
This looks amazing! In the picture the chocolate loaf is frosted, but there’s no recipe for the frosting. Can you share your frosting recipe? Thanks!
Please can you put all the recipe in grams ? Thanks
I made this, but used almond flour, part of it was baked and part was runny. I ate the baked part, which was excellent. I used allulose as a sweetener.
I had tried your recipe for the keto banana bread and it was fabulous.
This looks so delicious, but with flour, sugar, cocoa powder, yogurt, milk, and oil… what exactly makes it “healthy”?
Hi Nikki- this isn’t Katie but this cake is very healthy if you sub sugar with a sweetener like Monk or stevia, sub non dairy unsweetened almond yogurt for all of the oil, sub non dairy unsweetened almond milk, and use whole wheat flour. Cacao is high in anti oxidants and iron & has no sugar. You can use unsweetened chocolate chips (Lily brand) or reduce amount to 6 T non dairy chocolate chips as I do. Everyone raves when I make this healthy cake!
Very good!!
Hi! I really want to make this but don’t normally buy sugar (even unrefined) – how would I have to adjust proportions if I was to use maple syrup or honey instead? I want to avoid having too many wet ingredients and making a mess. Thank you!
Still am unable to print any of your recipes. 🤔