Best Vegan Low Fat Low Sugar Chocolate Cake Recipes

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE CAKE (WHOLE WHEAT, GLUTEN-FREE, VEGAN OPTIONS)

Steps:

• If using honey, preheat your oven to 325 °F (167 °C). If not using honey (which bakes quicker than sugar, hence the lower temperature), preheat to 350 °F (175 °C).
• Line 2 round 8" cake pans with parchment paper on the bottom and then grease the sides of the pans.
• In a large bowl, stir together the sugar (if using honey, don't add it yet), flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add eggs, milk, honey (if using), olive oil and vanilla. Mix for 2 minutes on medium and then stir in the boiling water. The batter will be almost as thin as water. If you taste it, it will NOT taste good! But don't worry. It tastes great after baking.
• Divide the batter between the two pans.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with some moist crumbs, but no uncooked liquid. The bake time will vary widely depending on what combination of sugar / eggs / flour you use. The whole wheat / egg / honey version is on the longer side. The gluten-free / chia egg / honey version is on the shorter side.
• Let cool completely before frosting.

LOW FAT VEGAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly oil a 9-inch springform or cake pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt, and set aside.
• In a measuring cup or small bowl, whisk together all of the wet ingredients, except the cider vinegar.
• Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and whisk well to combine. Drizzle the cider vinegar over the top of the batter and whisk quickly to incorporate.
• Pour batter into the prepared springform pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow to cool on a rack for 10 minutes, loosen edges with a knife, remove the ring, and allow cake to cool completely.

VEGAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the oil, vanilla, vinegar and water. Mix together until smooth.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

VEGAN LOW FAT GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In food processor or blender, chop prunes. With motor running, add water. Puree, stopping to scrape sides, until mixture resembles smooth paste, about 5 minutes. Transfer to bowl of mixer.
• In separate bowl, combine Egg Replacer with water, mixing with whisk until smooth. Add to prude puree m mixer bowl, mixing at medium speed until smooth and fluffy. While beating, gradually add sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.
• In seperate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In small bowl, combine soymilk and vinegar. Stir to mix. Let sit a few minutes until clabbered.
• Add flour-cocoa mixture to prune-sugar mixture alternately with soymilk, beating constantly until batter is light and fluffy. Scrape bottom of bowl several times.
• Divide batter among three 9-inch cake pans that have been sprayed with PAM or Olivio and their bottoms lined with waxed paper. Bake until cake springs back when touched in center and wooden pick inserted comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and place pans on cooling racks. Run spatula carefully around edge. Let cake cool in pans until room temperature, about 20 minutes.
• Notes: Just began trying the purees in place of the pitted prunes. An example of Egg Replacer Powder is called EnerG.