Avocado chocolate cake
7
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 5 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 45 min • Serves: 16 • Difficulty: Easy
Ready to venture beyond avo on toast? Turn your hand to this rich, dark, totally delicious cake that replaces butter with avocado.
Ingredients
Calorie controlled cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Dark Chocolate
100 g, (50% cocoa solids), chopped
Plain White Flour
175 g
Cocoa Powder
50 g, unsweetened
Caster Sugar
150 g
Baking powder
1 teaspoon(s), level
Bicarbonate of Soda
¾ teaspoon(s), level
Salt
⅛ teaspoon(s)
Fat Free Natural Yogurt
200 g
Avocado
85 g
Egg, whole, raw
2 medium, raw
Vanilla Extract
2 teaspoon(s), level
Icing Sugar
1 teaspoon(s), level, to decorate
Mint, Fresh
16 sprig(s), to decorate
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. Line the base of a 20cm round cake tin with baking paper, and mist the sides with cooking spray.
2
Melt the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 20-second bursts, stirring after each burst. Set aside to cool slightly.
3
In a large bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa powder, caster sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt.
4
Put the yogurt and avocado in a blender and blitz to a purée. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and blitz until combined.
5
Add the yogurt mixture and melted chocolate to the dry ingredients, along with 100ml boiling water and stir until smooth and combined. Pour into the prepared tin, level the surface with a spatula and bake for 40-45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
6
Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust the top of the cake with the icing sugar and decorate with the mint leaves, if using.
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