30 Minute Healthy Chocolate Cake

It’s here. The chocolate cake of your dreams. A healthy chocolate cake stuffed with superfoods including sweet potato, cocoa and avocado. Made with only 8 main ingredients, it's dairy free, refined sugar free and saturated fat free. What are you waiting for?

📝 Ingredients

• 1 cup sweet potato (mashed – see note below)
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 eggs (lightly whisked)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup olive oil (light)
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 2 avocados (ripe)
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup maple syrup

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- For the cake ---
2. 2Line cake pan and spray with oil.: Line the bottom of a 9 inch round cake pan with a circle of baking paper and spray the pan all over with a light coating of oil.
3. 3Preheat oven.: Preheat the oven to 355F/180C.
4. 4Cook and mash sweet potato in microwave.: Pierce the sweet potato all over with a fork, then place on a plate or kitchen towel. Microwave on high for 6 to 8 minutes until the flesh is soft. Cut open lengthwise and scoop out the flesh. Mash it well in a medium bowl or jug (or pulse in a food processor for a few seconds). Let it cool a little.
5. 5Combine dry ingredients in a bowl.: Combine the flour, cocoa powder, salt & baking soda in a medium bowl.
6. 6Add wet ingredients and then add dry ingredients and mix well.: Add the eggs, vanilla, oil and maple syrup to the sweet potato and mix well with a wooden spoon. Add to the dry ingredients and mix again until well combined.
7. 7Pour batter into pan and bake for 18 minutes.: Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 18 minutes or until the top is just cooked and the centre is still a bit gooey.
8. 8Let cool completely.: Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then carefully turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
9. 9--- For the frosting ---
10. 10Blend all the ingredients in a food processor.: Pulse the avocado, cocoa and maple syrup in a food processor until silky and smooth. Once the cake is completely cool, spread the frosting thickly all over the top and sides.