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Healthier Chocolate Cake tastes like a double chocolate chip banana muffin! No sugar, butter or oil but uses bananas, greek yogurt and honey instead!
This Healthier Chocolate Cake recipe contains ZERO sugar, butter, or oil. And this is just the first recipe out of several that we’re going to share that is healthier.
Is It Even Possible To Make a Healthier Chocolate Cake?
WHAT?! I know.. I was wondering if I was going crazy because butter & sugar are like my BFFs.
I never really saw this day coming.. it wasn’t really intentional. Well, kind of. Obviously with it being January and everyone is jumping on the gym and healthy eating train.. what’s a dessert blogger to do?
I wallowed with a big bowl of ice cream for a while, but than I thought “Is it possible to make a baked recipe with NO sugar?”
All of my friends who are healthy and paleo bloggers are probably laughing right now since that’s their jam, but I set out to discover if this whole no sugar thing could work.
After I baked up this awesome chocolate cake, I was bragging to Ryan that it didn’t have any sugar, but that it’s sweetened by bananas and honey, but being the chemist he is, he totally called me out and said that honey is sugar.
Well yeah.. but it’s more natural sugar I replied, and then he ate like 4 pieces of this cake. Booyah, honey for the win!
Protein balls are another great sweet but healthier treat option to try!
Healthy chocolate cake ingredients
- bananas: sweetness and fat
- greek yogurt: healthier fat compared to oil or butter
- honey: natural sweetener compared to sugar
- vanilla: flavor!
- creamy peanut butter: healthy fat and flavor
- egg: leavener and binder
- all purpose flour: gives structure
- cocoa powder: deep rich chocolate flavor
- baking soda: leavener
- chocolate chips: hello, necessary!!
How to make healthier chocolate cake with bananas from scratch
- Blend the bananas, greek yogurt, honey, vanilla, and peanut butter.
- Pour the blended mixture into a mixing bowl. Add the egg and mix in.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda, mix until incorporated.
- Add the 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, mix.
- Pour the cake into the prepared pan. Sprinkle addition chocolate chips on top of the cake if desired. Bake for 27-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
What does healthier chocolate cake taste like?
The best way to describe this skinny chocolate cake is that it tastes like a GIANT banana chocolate chocolate chip muffin! It’s so good by itself and it’s also really good with ice cream (espresso chip, just in case you were curious!)
Whenever I get a hankering for brownies, I’m going to bust out this recipe. I love that it’s better for me but taste just as good!
More healthier desserts
Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies
Healthier Fudgy Brownies
Healthier Banana Bread
Healthy Dark Chocolate Cookies
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Healthier Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 3 bananas, ripe
- ½ cup greek yogurt, vanilla or plain
- ⅓ cup honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour **can be made GF, see note
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- mini chocolate chips for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º F.
- Spray an 8 inch square pan with cooking spray.
- In a blender, combine the bananas, greek yogurt, honey, vanilla, and peanut butter. Blend until smooth, 1-2 minutes.
- Pour the blended mixture into a mixing bowl. Add the egg and mix in.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda, mix until incorporated.
- Add the 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, mix.
- Pour the cake into the prepared pan. Sprinkle addition chocolate chips on top of the cake if desired.
- Bake for 27-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Disclosure
All nutritional values are approximate and provided to the reader as a courtesy. Changing ingredients and/or quantities will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.
This looks fantastic! Can I substitute butter for the peanut butter? I’m baking for a friend with a huge nut allergy
Hi Deb! I’m hesitant to recommend that. Can your friend have almond butter? Or maybe try sunflower butter?
Really moist and delicious! I just made it for my husband’s birthday and he was amazed that something healthy could taste this good ;) Since I didn’t have Greek yogurt in hand, I used half & half and it still turned out great. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Sounds delicious…but honey IS sugar and chocolate chips are loaded with sugar as well. This has lower sugar content than other cakes but is still unsuitable for diabetics or those watching sugar intake.
Could you please tell me the nutritional value in this cake??
I’ve made it 3 times now and never know what to record on my dietary app!
Thank you!
I want to make this cake for my daughter for her playschool but not allowed to use peanut butter due to allergies that kids might have. What can I use instead please?
Almond butter perhaps?
I am one of those people who likes to taste the batter (yes I know there’s a raw egg involved here). The awful batter turned into a surprisingly good cake .Many no- fat cakes are rubbery…not this one.
Oh my god! Just baked this and it’s fantastic! I’m think this is the yummiest, healthiest thing I have ever made! It’s so fudge like and googey. Love love love the recipe!
My 2 and a half year old has been asking me to make a chocolate since days and i’m so glad I came across your website to make a healthier version for him and it has a fruit! Thanks so much :)
I am hoping you can answer this for me. My husband is allergic to bananas, so I am wondering how much applesauce to use in place of the bananas? I really want to make him a healthier cake that he can enjoy with us, instead of being left out. Thank you in advance hun! ????
Hi Jennifer!
I haven’t tried this recipe without bananas, so unfortunately I can’t give you a proper substitute! But I’ll write it down on my list of things to try!
Thank you for this incredible reciepi!
This cake has come out so well both times ive made it and ive kept a close eye on it each time to prevent over cooking. Im impressed at having no NOT include any white sugar or butter/oil and think the natural yogurt is a clever alternative. Id encourage anyone looking for a healthy chocolate cake to give this a go
Thank you so much for the recipe. I used oat flour and baked in muffin pan. Turned out v yummy