Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe - How To Make Chocolate Cake At Home

Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe - a delicious, quick, and easy chocolate cake recipe that only requires one bowl! updated with alternatives that are dairy-, egg-, and gluten-free!

The ideal recipe for chocolate cake. Ever? The healthy chocolate cake recipe has a lot of competing claims. I comprehend. Everyone at the table agreed after taking a mouthful of this rich, moist chocolate cake with chocolate icing that it was the best chocolate cake they had ever had.

Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe

So this Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe is now the most revered in my home.

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Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe

It was wonderful to hear that they still enjoyed the cake after their final mouthful as much as they had the first.

Here's another fantastic feature of this dish. It is possible to make the cake batter in a bowl without a powerful mixer. Of course, that only makes things simpler, but my grandmother would have loved to prepare this dish in her small kitchen with a whisk and a bowl. And I'm certain that everything would have worked out just right.

Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe

I'm not going to lie to you; this recipe yields a wonderfully moist, rich chocolate cake. This cake is not for you if you are a weak-hearted fan of chocolate cake.

Based on the Old Fashioned Hershey's recipe, I kind of went a bit heavy-handed with some alterations, testing cake after cake until I got it exactly right, but the end product was oh-so worth it. The crumbs on the plate revealed that.

Ingredients - Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe

The following ingredients are required to make this chocolate cake.
  • all-purpose flour
  • sugar
  • unsweetened cocoa powder
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • Salt
  • espresso powder
  • milk
  • oil
  • eggs
  • vanilla extract
  • boiling water

Step-by-Step Instructions - Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe

Prep. Achieve a 350°F oven temperature. Spray two 9-inch cake pans with baking spray or butter and lightly flour them to prepare them.

Whisk dry ingredients. To a sizable basin or bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder. Use a whisk to incorporate, or a paddle attachment to thoroughly stir the flour mixture through.

Mix in wet ingredients. On a medium speed, blend the flour mixture with the milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla. To thoroughly incorporate, reduce the rate and slowly pour hot water into the cake batter.

Bake. Between the two prepared cake pans, evenly distribute the cake batter. Bake the chocolate cake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Frost. After around 10 minutes of cooling after removal from the oven, remove the pan and let the food cool fully.

Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe

How to Make Ahead and Store the Homemade Chocolate Cake:

Cake and chocolate icing can both be prepared in advance. The cakes should be allowed to cool completely before being well-wrapped in plastic wrap and put into separate layers in a gallon zip-top freezer bag. The cake layers can be frozen for up to a month.

Simply take the cake out of the freezer and let it thaw in the refrigerator with the wrapping still on before frosting. After the cake has totally thawed, frost it.

The cake should be kept on the counter at room temperature. To keep the cake fresh, I like to store it in a cake dome.

Chocolate Cake Modifications You May Be Interested to Know About:

It should be noted that I changed the recipe to incorporate a few extra items that I have used over the years. This chocolate cake turns out to be even more adaptable than I had anticipated! I've listed a few of the tweaks I've tried out that I believe you might find interesting.

As a Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Recipe:

I've successfully substituted an equivalent amount of gluten-free flour for the all-purpose flour specified in the recipe to produce the cake as a gluten-free chocolate cake recipe.

As a Dairy-Free Chocolate Cake Recipe:

In place of the dairy, I've substituted coconut milk and almond milk to create a dairy-free chocolate cake recipe. I've also successfully substituted buttermilk for the milk, which is not dairy-free, with excellent results.

As an Egg-Free Chocolate Cake Recipe:

I substituted the recipe's two big eggs with 2/3 cup of unsweetened applesauce to create an egg-free chocolate cake. You'll see that the cake could only need a few minutes more in the oven. Always check the food's doneness using a skewer.

Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe

Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe - a delicious, quick, and easy chocolate cake recipe that only requires one bowl! updated with alternatives that are dairy-, egg-, and gluten-free!

PREP TIME - 15 MINS

COOK TIME - 30 MINS

SERVINGS - 24
 
COURSE - DESSERT

CUISINE - AMERICAN

Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe


Ingredients

  • 2 cups of general-purpose flour
  • Sugar, two cups
  • 1/3 cup bittersweet cocoa powder
  • Baking powder, two teaspoons
  • Baking soda, 1 1/2 tablespoons
  • 1 salt teaspoon
  • handmade or store-bought espresso powder, one teaspoon
  • milk, buttermilk, almond, or coconut milk, 1 cup
  • 1/2 cup of melted coconut oil, canola oil, or vegetable oil
  • two huge eggs
  • Vanilla extract, two tablespoons
  • 1 cup piping hot water

Instructions

Step 1: Set the oven to 350°F. Spray two 9-inch cake pans with baking spray or butter and lightly flour them to prepare them.
FOR THE CHOCOLATE CAKE:

Step 2: To a sizable basin or the bowl of a stand mixer, add the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder. Use a whisk to incorporate, or a paddle attachment to thoroughly stir the flour mixture through.

Step 3: On a medium speed, blend the flour mixture with the milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla. To thoroughly incorporate, reduce speed and slowly pour hot water into the cake batter.

Step 4: Between the two prepared cake pans, evenly distribute the cake batter. Bake the chocolate cake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Step 5: After around 10 minutes of cooling after removal from the oven, remove the pan and let the food cool fully.

Step 6: Frost a cake.

Notes

After adding the hot water, the cake batter will be extremely thin. This is true, and the outcome is the moistest and tastiest chocolate cake I've ever had! Xo

Freezer Friendly

Let the baked cake layers finish cooling. They should be tightly wrapped in foil and plastic wrap. Fill a freezer bag with each layer, then freeze for up to two months. Once defrosted, keep the packaging on and thaw in the fridge overnight before serving. The layers are prepared for filling and frost the following day.

High Altitude:

If you reside in a location with a high altitude, modify the recipe accordingly.

Nutritional information is for the cake only.

Nutritional Information

Calories: 124kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 178mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 229IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg

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