Chocolate Orange Cake: Gluten Free and Vegan
A delicious egg free, gluten free, vegan and diabetic friendly, fudgey chocolate orange cake made with real ingredients, dates, almond flour, orange juice, coconut oil and apple sauce.
Servings: 6
Calories: 163kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup 100g Majdool dates pitted
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ½ cup 90g gluten free flour
- ¼ cup 25g almond flour
- ¼ cup 22g cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 orange zest
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- Half of ⅓ cup apple sauce
- ½ tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- For chocolate sauce
- ¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips if you want use dark chocolate
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- Zest of one orange
- Handful of crushed pistachios
Instructions
- Soak pitted dates with ½ cup warm water and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375F and Grease and flour bundt pan with coconut oil. You can only grease them if you want darker color.
- In large bowl combine the flours, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt and orange zest and mix well and set aside.
- In a blender add, dates along with soaking water, orange juice, coconut oil, apple sauce and balsamic vinegar and process everything into fine puree .
- Add this dates orange puree into dry ingredients and mix well.
- Transfer the batter into prepared pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes or until the tooth pick in the center comes out clean.
- While cake is baking make chocolate sauce in double boiler and when you are ready to serve drizzle the chocolate sauce, sprinkle orange zest and pistachios. Enjoy.
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Nutrition
Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 154mg | Potassium: 181mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 55IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 2mg
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