Chocolate Avocado Cake & Chocolate Frosting
Chocolate Avocado Cake & Chocolate Frosting is a frosting that serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 8g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 243 calories. For 87 cents per serving, this recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 36 people were impressed by this recipe. This recipe from Desserts with Benefits requires white vinegar, cocoa powder, stevian extract, and whey protein. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 75%, which is solid. Try Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Avocado Chocolate Frosting, Vegan Chocolate Cake with Avocado Frosting, and Confession #64: I’m Cake Deprived… Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Satiny Chocolate Glaze for similar recipes.
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
62g (1/4 cup) Unsweetened Applesauce
210g Avocado (2 Medium, ripe)
1 tsp Baking Soda
2oz 60% Cacao Chocolate
40g (1/2 cup) Regular Cocoa Powder (unsweetened)
14g (1 Tbs) Coconut Oil
1 Tbs Date Sugar (or dry sweetener)
7g (1 Tbs) Egg Replacer + 3 Tbs Water (equivalent to 1 egg)
1 Tbs Honey
1/4 tsp Sea Salt
1 Tbs Unsweetened Soymilk
10 drops Stevia Extract
48g (1/4 cup) Sucanat (or dry sweetener)
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/3 cup Boiling Water
40g (1/2 cup) Whey Protein Concentrate
1 Tbs White Vinegar
150g (1+1/4 cups) Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
Equipment:
oven
cake form
bowl
blender
whisk
microwave
frying pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat oven to 335 (yes, 335) degrees Fahrenheit and spray a 9" cake pan with cooking spray.Chop the chocolate and put into a medium bowl. Add the cocoa powder and coconut oil.Put the avocado, honey, applesauce, egg replacer+water, vinegar and extracts into a blender and puree.In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sweetener, whey protein, baking powder, baking soda and salt.Pour the boiling water over the chocolate/cocoa/oil mixture and stir until smooth (it should look like thick ganache, pictured below). Pour in the blender mixture and stir until smoothSlowly add the dry ingredients into the wet and stir. It will be somewhat thick. Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40-60 minutes, or when the center of the cake springs back when touched.In a small, microwave-safe bowl, microwave the chocolate at 30-second intervals, stirring between each one, until melted.In another small bowl, stir together the soymilk, sweetener, honey and stevia. Add to the melted chocolate and stir together. Pour over the cake.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 335 (yes, 33
2. degrees Fahrenheit and spray a 9" cake pan with cooking spray.Chop the chocolate and put into a medium bowl.
3. Add the cocoa powder and coconut oil.
4. Put the avocado, honey, applesauce, egg replacer+water, vinegar and extracts into a blender and puree.In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sweetener, whey protein, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
5. Pour the boiling water over the chocolate/cocoa/oil mixture and stir until smooth (it should look like thick ganache, pictured below).
6. Pour in the blender mixture and stir until smooth
7. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet and stir. It will be somewhat thick.
8. Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40-60 minutes, or when the center of the cake springs back when touched.In a small, microwave-safe bowl, microwave the chocolate at 30-second intervals, stirring between each one, until melted.In another small bowl, stir together the soymilk, sweetener, honey and stevia.
9. Add to the melted chocolate and stir together.
10. Pour over the cake.
Nutrition Information:
covered percent of daily need