What do you like to do on Snow Days?
Growing up in the Philadelphia area, we had a lot of snow days. Once, school was closed for 17 days straight! My favorite things to do on snow days: make snow cones, make snow forts, and build snow families. Oh, and then come in for hot chocolate, of course.
This year, thanks to super-weird weather, my university canceled classes four days in a row. There’s not enough snow to make a fort, and I have no interest in eating snow cones. However, I did manage to get some chocolate into my system.
Have you tried the Sugar-Free Chocolate Fudge yet?
If you haven’t, you must must must make this!! It is too delicious to miss out on! And yesterday, the deliciousness advanced to a whole new level: chocolate fudge cake.
This is how I spent my snow day: making a chocolate fudge cake that tastes like a raw version of chocolate mousse pie!
Raw Chocolate Fudge Cake (or frosting)
(You can also cut this into fudge bites!)
- 1/2 a medium, very-ripe banana (80g)
- 4 tbsp (60g) Artisana coconut butter or Homemade Coconut Butter
- 2Â tbsp (or more!) cocoa powder (10g)
- scant 1/16 tsp salt
- sweetener, if desired (maple syrup, agave, stevia, or other sweetener of choice)
(Note: This makes a small amount. Triple or quadruple the recipe for a traditional-sized cake.) Blend everything together in your blender, food processor, or Magic Bullet. Spread into a container (or onto wax paper). Refrigerate overnight, or freeze for a few hours. The cake will keep in the freezer for weeks. Just be sure to thaw at least 20 minutes prior to eating. (Taste before eating, in case you wish to add sweetener.)
*A few readers have told me coconut oil will work in place of the coconut butter. But I have not tried it, and I would think you’d lose some of the richness. So try that substitution at your own risk.
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Nutrition Info per 60g slice:
Calories: 180
Added Sugars: 0g
Protein Grams: .5
3g protein in this version: Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
(Above, as fudge bites)
Question of the Day:
What are your favorite snow memories?
My sister and I often spent snow days ice skating in our backyard. One year we decided to make an actual rink. We invited all the neighborhood kids and served popcorn and played music. It definitely beat going to school!
Has anyone ever used a regular blender to make these recipes?
Yeah it works but you have to do a bigger batch if you have a bigger blender or nothing will move around.
I have made it with peanut butter, but all went bad : ( texture is like cream, not like cake. I will try it again
You need to read the ingredients again. There is no peanut butter in the ingredients.
Yes, i know. I did’t have no coconut butter or oil. I thought maybe with peanut butter will work too 🙂 The taste was very good, but no cake texture.
how many servings is this for? i am planning on making it for a birthday!
It makes a small serving so it’s probably best to triple the recipe.
This recipes looks gorgeous! Can’t wait to have a go at making this and telling everyone it’s sugar free…wonder if they’ll believe me? I’ve added it to my recent post for sugar free cakes & desserts on my party blog. Hope you like it! 🙂 http://www.stylemyparty.co.uk/blog/sugar-free-cakes/
So this is the same thing as the sugar-free chocolate fudge, just with the quantities cut in half, right?
For those wanting a full-sized cake, you might have to more than quadruple the recipe. I quadrupled it and it only filled a small rectangular pan (the kind you would make banana bread in). I had initially hoped to fill an 8-inch round cake pan, but quadrupling the recipe did not make it that far. I believe it definitely would have filled a 4-inch round cake pan…and possibly a 6-inch if you spread it more thinly and do a super job of getting every last speck out of your food processor.
(BTW, the cake is amazingly delicious, as others have mentioned. I added 2-3 tsp of maple syrup to mine.)
am surprised to see you did not include the carbohydrate numbers
Banana is rather high in carbs, so would be good to know please
Thank you for this recipe Katie! I will be trying this one for sure 🙂 And yes I agree, you are a great photographer!
Bless you!
Nat xox
Those look awesome!!!! I was wondering what u used as a sweetener?
can you substitute the banana in this recipe with anything??
thanks soo much!!!