Decadent Chocolate Cake
By sarahbettine
No flour, no sugar, nothing artificial! You won’t believe the ingredients (yes you are reading this right) and you will be even more shocked at how great it tastes!
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Ingredients
- 2 cups raw pecans (or 1 cup pecans and 1 cup walnuts)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (aluminum free)
- 2 scoops of ML Perfect Protein (Chocolate)
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup xylitol*
- ½ cup butter
- 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (no sugar - check the label)
- 4 organic free range eggs
- ½ cup unsweetened almond milk – I use the chocolate flavor) or ½ cup of full-fat organic yogurt
- *can substitute 6 tsp Spoonable Stevia or ¾ tsp of pure stevia powder
Details
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 30mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour (use coconut flour) two 9” pans
Step 2
Process nuts in food processor pulse until they are meal.
Step 3
Add all dry ingredients to nut mixture and pulse.
Step 4
Heat butter and chocolate in double-boiler until melted then add in vanilla.
Step 5
In separate bowl combine eggs, almond milk and/or yogurt. Add in butter/chocolate mixture.
Step 6
Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients and blend together with mixer until smooth. If needed add more almond milk until it’s a smooth pourable batter.
Step 7
Pour cake mixture into pans and bake for30 - 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not overbake.
Double the recipe if making two layers.
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