HEALTHY-ISH CHOCOLATE CAKE

Healthy-ish Chocolate Cake image

I started out trying to make healthy brownies and ended up with this moist and healthy chocolate cake!

Provided by jennifer

Categories Desserts Cakes Zucchini Cake Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

⅔ cup agave nectar
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup raw sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon sunflower seed oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
⅓ cup coconut flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups shredded zucchini
½ cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper.
Beat agave nectar, applesauce, raw sugar, eggs, sunflower oil, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl. Whisk all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, coconut flour, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl. Add flour mixture to applesauce mixture and stir until combined.
Fold zucchini and walnuts into applesauce mixture until batter is evenly-mixed. Spread batter into prepared baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 219.2 calories, Carbohydrate 40 g, Cholesterol 31 mg, Fat 5.9 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 369.5 mg, Sugar 22.9 g