Lunch Recipe

Healthy-ish Chocolate Cake

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

INGRIDIENT

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

DIRECTION

Step: 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper.

Step: 2

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.

Step: 3

Fold zucchini and walnuts into applesauce mixture until batter is evenly-mixed. Spread batter into prepared baking dish.

Step: 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.