How to Prepare Yummy Healthier Chocolate Cake

Healthier Chocolate Cake.

You can cook Healthier Chocolate Cake using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Healthier Chocolate Cake

1. Prepare 245 grams of plain flour.
2. It's 1 cup of brown sugar (or granulated sugar if you prefer).
3. It's 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
4. Prepare 10-12 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder.
5. You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
6. Prepare 5 tablespoons of ground carob.
7. It's 400 grams of firm yoghurt (not as watery as buttermilk but not as firm as greek yoghurt either).
8. Prepare 300 ml of water.
9. It's 200 grams of baking chocolate (for the frosting).
10. It's 2 tablespoons of milk (for the frosting).

Healthier Chocolate Cake step by step

1. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl (flour, sugar, baking soda, cocoa, salt and carob). Whisk thoroughly.
2. Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl (yoghurt and water). Whisk thoroughly.
3. Slowly add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
4. Pour the batter in a round 25 cm cake pan that's been greased and lined with parchment paper. Bake for 25-35 min in a 180°C oven.
5. Make the frosting: combine chocolate and milk in a bowl. Microwave until melted at 30 second intervals, stirring each time. Let cool a bit then pour over the cake. Refrigerate until firm.