RitaAmordicucina’s Diet Cocoa Cake, without eggs, fat, or sugar, ideal for a healthy breakfast or snack. Easy to make, with very few ingredients and the crunchiness of almonds and the scent of oranges from my Sicily and coconut.
Perhaps not everyone knows that cocoa was brought to Sicily by the Spanish during their domination, who in turn learned about it from the Aztecs, in the form of a drink. The world-famous Modica chocolate see here.
Below you will find the traditional recipe and then the one with the Thermomix.
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- Cost: Very economical
- Rest time: 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 6
- Cooking methods: Electric oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 361.76 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 47.34 (g) of which sugars 17.26 (g)
- Proteins 11.85 (g)
- Fat 16.81 (g) of which saturated 2.25 (g)of which unsaturated 4.65 (g)
- Fibers 4.94 (g)
- Sodium 74.41 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 125 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
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- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (Or fiber flour)
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tbsps sweetener (to taste)
- 1 1/8 cups partially skimmed milk
- 1/2 cup 0% fat Greek yogurt
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds (or other seeds of your choice)
- 1 pinch salt
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips (frozen)
Tools
What we need to make
- Bowl – Thermomix
- Pan springform 8 inches in diameter
- parchment paper
- Oven
Preparation: RitaAmordicucina’s Diet Cocoa Cake
Preparation in Bowl
Put the chocolate chips in the freezer at least 30 minutes before.
In a large bowl, combine the all-purpose flour and coconut flour, mix and then add the baking powder and unsweetened cocoa. Also add the sweetener (or sugar) and a pinch of salt.
Pour the milk, drizzling it over the powders while mixing with a hand whisk or immersion blender. After the milk, also add the yogurt, little by little, while continuing to mix.
Finally, add the finely grated orange zest and chopped almonds. Mix until obtaining a homogeneous and creamy dough, without lumps.
Pour it into an 8-inch diameter springform pan, either previously greased and floured or lined with parchment paper.
Spread the well-chilled chocolate chips on the surface and bake in a static oven, preheated to 356°F, for 35-40 minutes.
At the end of baking, check with a toothpick test. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool on a rack, then gently remove it from the pan.
Here is the ready RitaAmordicucina’s Diet Cocoa Cake
Put the chocolate chips in the freezer at least 30 minutes before.
Insert the butterfly in the bowl, then pour in the 2 flours, baking powder, unsweetened cocoa, sweetener, a pinch of salt, and milk, mix for 3 min at speed 3.
Then also add the yogurt, little by little, still using the butterfly for 2 min at speed 3.
Finally, add the finely grated orange zest and chopped almonds. 1 min at speed 2. Remove the butterfly
Pour the mixture into an 8-inch diameter springform pan, either previously greased and floured or lined with parchment paper.
Spread the well-chilled chocolate chips on the surface and bake in a static oven, preheated to 356°F, for 35-40 minutes.
At the end of baking, check with a toothpick test. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool on a rack, then gently remove it from the pan.
We made the RitaAmordicucina’s Diet Cocoa Cake, with the help of our friend Bimby
Storage
RitaAmordicucina’s Diet Cocoa Cake. You can store this cake under a dome for 3/4 days, and you can also portion and freeze it for up to 3 months, so you can enjoy it fresh every day.
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RitaAmordicucina’s Diet Cocoa Cake
What if I wanted to make it coffee flavored?
You could replace cocoa with instant coffee
