Flourless and Sugar Less Chocolate Cake

Flourless and Sugar Less Chocolate Cake is a healthy dessert recipe. You can eat healthy food and still enjoy dessert with this easy recipe.

Flourless and Sugar Less Chocolate Cake

Cake:

1 1/2 cups walnuts (unsoaked)
Dash of salt
10 pitted medjool dates (unsoaked)
1/3 cup cacao or carob powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Place walnuts in a food processor with an s-blade and process until finely ground.
2. Add the other ingredients and process until the mixture begins to stick together.
3. Transfer to a serving plate and chill for 2 hours.

Cashew Cream Frosting:

2 cups cashews
3 TBS agave
1/4 cup cacao butter or coconut butter
1/4 cup water (start with less and work your way up)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

1. Place nuts in the food processor and process until finely ground.
2. Add the other ingredients (slowly adding water until it will spread like icing)
3. Spread icing evenly on your cake base after cake has chilled for 2 hours.

You can add your favorite fruit between cake layers. My favorite is strawberries. Raspberries in season would be wonderful as well.

Nutrition

One date is around 7 grams and provides the following nutrients:

Calories: 20
Fat: 0g
Sodium: 0.14mg
Carbohydrates: 5.3g
Fiber: 0.6g
Sugars: 4g
Protein: 0.2g

There is some natural sugar ( fructose ) in dates but the fiber helps release it slowly into your blood stream. Fiber is our friend when it comes to health.

Dates contain antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that are helpful with cancer prevention. To read more about how dates can help your health, visit the Very Well Fit article.

**Even though there is no white sugar or white flour in this recipe, moderation should be used as the nuts do have calories** Enjoy in moderation! If you have food allergies to nuts, you may want to try another healthy recipe.

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