Gooey Chocolate Cake and Sauce With Sneaky Veggies

Name: Gooey Chocolate Cake and Sauce With Sneaky Veggies
Yield: 8 people
Ingredients: 1 tsp olive or coconut oil; 1 1⁄4 tsp baking powder; 1⁄2 tsp salt; 1 tbsp vanilla essence; 1 cup beetroot puree; 2 eggs; 3⁄4 cup zucchini puree; 1 cup coconut sugar (or a natural sweetener blend such as Natvia); 1 1⁄4 cups wholemeal flour; 1⁄2 cup raw cacao or cocoa powder; 160 ml smooth light ricotta; 40 g dark chocolate; 2 tsp vanilla essence; 1 tbsp coconut sugar (or a natural sweetener blend such as Natvia); 2 tbsp skim milk

This delicious recipe works so well if you’re on the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge. It is so tasty and uses healthy ingredients (even some sneaky veggies!) so you can still eat it while losing weight.

Course

Desserts

Cuisine

Chocolate

Servings

people

Ingredients

Cake

1 tsp olive or coconut oil
1 1⁄4 tsp baking powder
1⁄2 tsp salt
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 cup beetroot puree
2 eggs
3⁄4 cup zucchini puree
1 cup coconut sugar or a natural sweetener blend such as Natvia
1 1⁄4 cups wholemeal flour
1⁄2 cup raw cacao or cocoa powder

Sauce

160 ml smooth light ricotta
40 g dark chocolate
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp coconut sugar or a natural sweetener blend such as Natvia
2 tbsp skim milk

Course

Desserts

Cuisine

Chocolate

Servings

people

Ingredients

Cake

1 tsp olive or coconut oil
1 1⁄4 tsp baking powder
1⁄2 tsp salt
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 cup beetroot puree
2 eggs
3⁄4 cup zucchini puree
1 cup coconut sugar or a natural sweetener blend such as Natvia
1 1⁄4 cups wholemeal flour
1⁄2 cup raw cacao or cocoa powder

Sauce

160 ml smooth light ricotta
40 g dark chocolate
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp coconut sugar or a natural sweetener blend such as Natvia
2 tbsp skim milk

Instructions

Cake

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Whisk together eggs, oil, sugar, zucchini puree and vanilla.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cacao, then stir into wet ingredients.
Add pureed beetroot and stir until well combined.
Pour mixture into a greased and lined cake tin (we used a ring tin) and bake for 30-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Remove from pan and place onto wire rack to cool.

Sauce

Break dark chocolate into small pieces.
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan, and stir over a low heat until chocolate has melted.
Serve immediately as a hot sauce poured over individual slices, or chill in the fridge to spread over as icing.

Recipe Notes

With sauce: 213 cals
Without sauce: 151 cals

Nutrition note: Coconut sugar is made from the sap collected from the flower of a coconut palm tree. This is heated to evaporate the moisture and then ground down into granules. Coconut sugar has a lower fructose level and glycaemic index than regular table sugar.

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