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Feb 5 2021 - 3:35pm

Vegan Refined-Sugar-Free Chocolate Cake

Adapted from Plant-Based Cooking Made Easy Cookbook [1]

Healthy Vegan Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

  1. For the cake:
    1 3/4 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato (about 1 medium)
    1 very ripe banana
    1 1/2 cups Medjool dates (about 15 to 18)
    4 ounces applesauce (one of those small cups)
    1 cup water
    1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    2 1/2 cups rolled oats (ground to make 2 1/4 cups oat flour)
    1/2 cup cocoa powder
    1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    1 teaspoon baking powder
  1. For the frosting:
    2 cups raw cashews (9 ounces)
    3/4 cup unsweetened soy milk (or any non-dairy milk)
    3/4 cup Medjool dates (9 to 12)
    3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place a parchment paper circle on both bottoms of two nine-inch round cake pans.
  2. Add mashed sweet potato, banana, dates, applesauce, water, balsamic vinegar, and vanilla to a high speed blender and blend until smooth, several minutes.
  3. In a large bowl, add the oat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder, and mix together. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix together until smooth. The batter will be thick.
  4. Divide the batter between the two prepared cake pans and spread it out evenly.
  5. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
  6. Take the pans out of the oven, and after a few minutes, take the cakes out of the pans and cool completely on a rack before frosting.
  7. To make the frosting, add all the ingredients to your blender and process until smooth. Have patience with this and use your damper — this can take up to 10 minutes, but it's worth it. This frosting should look like this:
  8. Place one cake on a plate or cake stand. Frost the top of that layer. Add the second layer of cake and frost the top and sides. Decorate with fresh fruit and enjoy!

Here's the nutritional info for one slice (makes 10) from verywell.com [2]:

Nutrition

Calories per serving
308

Source URL
https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/healthy-vegan-sugar-free-gluten-free-chocolate-cake-48140834