Saturday, December 22, 2018

Low Carb Rich & Healthy Triple Chocolate Cake (Gluten Free)

This Decadent (but guilt free) KETO Friendly 
Chocolate Cake has 3 layers of rich chocolate goodness!
Cake Ingredients:
1 cup coconut flour
1 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups Lakanto Baking or Classic Monkfruit sweetener**
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup coconut oil
8 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups shredded zucchini

Frosting Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
1 cup Lakanto powdered sweetener
2/3 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
4 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk 
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
20 drops chocolate liquid Monkfruit sweetener (optional)
3/4 cup sugar free dark chocolate chips (optional) 

Method:
Preheat oven to 350*. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Stir together the coconut flour, cocoa, monkfruit sweetener, baking soda, baking powder and sea salt in a large bowl. 
Add the eggs, oil and vanilla. Mix until well blended. Stir in the zucchini. Pour and spread evenly in the prepared pan. Bake for approximately 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a cooling rack. 

Once the cake has cooled, cream the butter, until fluffy, with an electric mixer.  Add powdered sweetener and cocoa to the butter and continue to mix until well blended. Add the milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating after each addition. Mix in the vanilla and if desired, the liquid sweetener. Once the cake has completely cooled, spread the frosting over the top. If desired, sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly on top of the frosting. Cut into 15 to 20 equal portions. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. 

**Lakanto Baking sweetener provides a superior texture to all desserts. You can create a similar product by adding Classic sweetener to a food processor and processing until it becomes finer in texture.

Nutritional info per serving (1/15), approximately:
153 calories ~ 27 grams fat ~ 8.8 grams net carbs ~ 7.3 grams protein

Nutritional info per serving (1/20), approximately:
115 calories ~ 20.34 grams fat ~ 6.6 grams net carbs ~ 5.47 grams protein

Note: This cake is so rich and moist that even non Keto eaters love it!

No comments:

Post a Comment