This Low Calorie Chocolate Cake is just 108 calories, including the frosting and both layers!
The healthy chocolate cake recipe is also low carb and low sugar, and it has quite a lot of protein for a cake.
This dark chocolate cake is also naturally gluten-free, making it great for lots of diets.
Low Calorie Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients in Healthy Chocolate Cake
If you can’t have or don’t like almond flour, you can swap it out for cake flour.
And the all-natural zero calorie sugar can also be swapped out for monk fruit, coconut, or regular sugar. I used all of my low calorie tricks, so it will still be low calorie no matter what sugar you use.
Shopping List for Healthy Dark Chocolate Cake:
- Blanched almond flour
- Cocoa powder
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Unsweetened apple sauce
- All-Natural Zero Calorie Sugar (see recipe card below!) or sugar of your choice
- Coconut oil
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Low Calorie Chocolate Frosting
How to Make Healthy Chocolate Cake
Make sure to completely cool the cakes before you add the frosting. Otherwise the frosting will melt and become a big mess.
To store leftovers, wrap individual pieces in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 4-5 days or the fridge for a month.
How to Make Healthy Chocolate Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease 9-inch pans with coconut oil.
- In a large bowl combine the flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Mix and set aside.
- In a standing mixer, or large bowl with handheld mixer, combine the apple sauce, sugar, and oil. Whisk together.
- While whisking on low speed, add in the eggs one at a time.
- Add the vanilla and mix until combined.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients slowly, until just combined.
- Divide the batter between the two prepared pans.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cakes comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool completely in the fridge for 2 hours, then remove cakes from the pans (place a plate securely over the top of the cake, flip and allow the cake to gently slide out.)
- OPTIONAL STEP: Trim off the rounded tops of the cakes so that you have a level surface.
- Put out a clean cake plate, add the first cake. Smooth 1/3 cup of the frosting over the top of the cake.
- Top with the second cake, and repeat smoothing with 1/3 cup frosting.
- Use the remaining 1/3 cup frosting to frost the sides.
- Slice into 12 servings and serve.
Low Calorie Chocolate Cake Recipe
This low calorie chocolate cake is just 108 calories per slice, and that includes the frosting and both of the layers of cake!
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Low Calorie Chocolate Cake
This Low Calorie Chocolate Cake is just 108 calories, and that includes both layers and the frosting too!I also made this healthy chocolate cake low carb, and slow sugar. Special Tip: I used my low calorie chocolate frosting to keep the calories low. You will need 1 cup, which is about 1/2 batch of the skinny frosting.
Equipment
- 2 round 9-inch pans
- Mixer (countertop or handheld)
Ingredients
- 2 cups blanched almond flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 cup All-Natural Zero Calorie Sugar or sugar of your choice
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil melted
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup Low Calorie Chocolate Frosting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease 9-inch pans with coconut oil.
- In a large bowl combine the flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Mix and set aside.
- In a standing mixer, or large bowl with handheld mixer, combine the apple sauce, sugar, and oil. Whisk together.
- While whisking on low speed, add in the eggs one at a time.
- Add the vanilla and mix until combined.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients slowly, until just combined.
- Divide the batter between the two prepared pans.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cakes comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool completely in the fridge for 2 hours, then remove cakes from the pans (place a plate securely over the top of the cake, flip and allow the cake to gently slide out.)
- OPTIONAL STEP: Trim off the rounded tops of the cakes so that you have a level surface.
- Put out a clean cake plate, add the first cake. Smooth 1/3 cup of the frosting over the top of the cake.
- Top with the second cake, and repeat smoothing with 1/3 cup frosting.
- Use the remaining 1/3 cup frosting to frost the sides.
- Slice into 12 servings and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 108kcalCarbohydrates: 8.1gProtein: 4.2gFat: 8.6gSaturated Fat: 3.2gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 74mgPotassium: 337mgFiber: 3.6gSugar: 1.5gCalcium: 58mgIron: 2mg
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