Chocolate Cake (No Eggs, Butter or Oil)
This healthier chocolate cake doesn't need eggs, butter or oil. It's an easy one bowl recipe and only 5 ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, or whole wheat flour (see notes)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, dutch process or natural
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 cup granulated white sugar, or brown sugar or coconut sugar (see notes)
- 1 1/3 cups whole milk
Chocolate Frosting (optional)
- 6 tbsp coconut oil, melted
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, or cacao powder
- 6 tbsp maple syrup
CHOCOLATE GANACHE (OPTIONAL)
- 4 oz heavy cream
- 4 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8 inch x 8 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- Add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Whisk together until evenly combined.
- Add in milk. Whisk until batter is smooth.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Bake for about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean and top of cake bounces back when you apply light pressure. Let cake cool completely before frosting and cutting.
- To make chocolate frosting: combine oil and cocoa powder in a medium bowl. Mix until smooth and completely combined. Your mixture should look like melted chocolate. Add in maple syrup last. Stir it in until it is evenly blended and the frosting thickens.
- To make chocolate ganache: Add chopped chocolate to a medium bowl. Bring heavy cream to a simmer on the stove. Pour heated heavy cream over chopped chocolate and immediately start to mix until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Let chocolate ganache cool at room temperature until it becomes firm enough for frosting the cake.
Notes
- You can add 1 tsp of vanilla and 1/4 tsp of salt for more flavor, but I was trying to keep the ingredient list as simple as possible.
- You can substitute half of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour. You can substitute the full amount with whole wheat flour as well but your cake will be drier and the cake crumb will be more coarse. If you do want to substitute the full amount for whole wheat flour, increase your milk to 1 1/2 cups.
- You can substitute white granulated sugar with light brown sugar (packed) or coconut sugar (packed).
- The nutrition estimate is for the cake without frosting.
Serving: 1slice, Calories: 147kcal, Carbohydrates: 32g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 2g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 14mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 18g, NET CARBS: 30
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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