Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe For A Healthy Heart

A super healthy chocolate cake to keep your heart healthy! There are a lot of cake recipes and while going through one, we feel guilty about whether to follow this recipe or not as most of them are not healthy. If you are a health conscious person, then being healthy and eating healthy is your motto! Don’t let that stop you from having a delectable cake every now and then. We bring you a super yummy and healthy chocolate cake recipe that will surely leave every health conscious person surprised to the core. Let’s dive in below to check out the Ingredients and recipe.

Ingredients

For the Cake

• 3 eggs, large
• 1 cup maple syrup or honey
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups plain regular or Greek yogurt (3%+ fat)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, aluminum free
• 1/2 cup cacao powder
• 2 cups whole wheat flour

For the Frosting

• 1 1/2 cups plain Greek yogurt (2%+ fat)
• 1/3 cup cacao powder
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Recipe / Instructions

• Put two cake baking containers on two parchment or baking paper, circle around with a pencil, and cut out each of the drawings with scissors. Put the papers within each cake container and splash with a cooking spray covering the sides. Put it aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a big blending bowl, include eggs and maple syrup, beat with an electric blender for 30 seconds or until all well joined. Include baking soda, yogurt, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and beat with a blender for 30 seconds.
• Include cacao powder and utilizing a whisk, mix until all mixed well. Include flour and beat until smooth and very much mixed. Don’t over blend but beat until smooth consistency. Equally divide the batter between two prepared baking containers and bake on a bottom rack for 26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• While the cake is baking, set up the icing. In a big bowl, include maple syrup, yogurt, vanilla, cacao powder and whisk well. Refrigerate until prepared to assemble the cake.
• Remove cakes from the oven and let them cool for 10 minutes. Utilizing a spatula, separate the edge of each cake from the container and invert on a wire rack to cool off totally.
• Now assemble the cake, utilizing a long blade, cut each cake down the middle. Put the bottom layer and spread 1/4 of icing on it. Repeat the same with the rest of the layers. Decorate the way you like. You can use fresh berries, sprinkles, etc.

So, that is how you bake a healthy cake at home. Eat this yummy and healthy cake and surround yourself with air purifying plants for a healthy environment and positive energies. Enjoy the cake and fresh air with your loved ones. Have a good day!