Flourless Chocolate Cake + Chocolate and Coconut Milk Glaze
A Chocolate Cake that does not Disregard Health
This is a fantastic version of the classic chocolate cake, very original and with a unique texture. I got the recipe from an Argentinian TV Chef called Juliana López May that focuses on good, wholesome, healthy food. She substitutes the wheat flour with mashed sweet potato and gives it a twist with the coconut milk chocolate glaze (rather than using the traditional cream). It is absolutely one of my favorites! I hope you try it.
Healthy and Original Chocolate Cake with low Glycemic Index
Ingredients for the Flourless Chocolate Cake
4 Tablespoons cocoa powder
6 egg yolks
6 egg whites
13.5 ounces (100g) brown sugar
17.6 ounces (500g) mashed sweet potatoes
- Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the cacao powder.
- Add half the mashed sweet potatoes and beat until the batter is smooth; then add and mix the other half.
- Separately, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form.
- Fold into the batter one third of the egg whites with gentle movements; repeat with the other two thirds.
- Pour batter into pan and bake at 356°F (180°C) until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean (around 50 minutes, depending on your oven).
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For the Chocolate and Coconut Milk Glaze
7 ounces (200g) dark chocolate
200ml coconut milk
- Chop the dark chocolate.
- Warm up the coconut milk. Ounce it starts boiling remove from the fire and add the chocolate. Let it stand still for a few minutes and then mix. Mix every 5 minutes until the mixture gets cold.
- Cover up the cake with the glaze while it is still warm.
- Let it cool down and enjoy!!! (I like it better a bit chilled, you can try it both ways and see for yourself which one is better for you).
Nutritional Facts of Sweet Potatoes
Besides simple starches, sweet potatoes are rich in complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, beta carotene (a vitamin A equivalent nutrient), vitamin C and vitamin B6 ranking much higher in nutritional value than the common potato.
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More Sweet Potato Recipes
- Kumara and Thyme Bread
Recipe for a "kumara" or sweet potato hearty and healthy rustic bread with a hint of thyme. - Things to Do With Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes Recipes: Includes sweet potato salads, desserts and fritters.
Comments on "Flourless Chocolate Cake with Chocolate and Coconut Milk Glaze"
Wow this is really interesting. I wonder what the effect of the use of sweet potato rather than flour is on the glycemic index of this recipe? Obviously it has sugar as well but even so I'd expect there to be an impact, at least on glycemic load. Also, it looks delicious ;-)
You are right, sweet potato's glycemic index is lower than that of refined wheat flour. And you can use unrefined sugar to make it even lower.
This is the most intriguing chocolate cake recipe I've ever heard of. No flour? Wow! Sounds great.
Thanks Sinea Pies, I hope you can make and try this flourless cake someday and, as a yam expert, let me know what you think.
This looks stunning! Sweet potato and coconut in a choccy cake, yum!
Hi nifwlseirff, thanks for your interest and nice comments! I hope you can try this healthy, unusual, flourless chocolate cake sometime.
This does look really good - I'll have to try it :) Thanks for sharing the recipe
Christin S, thanks for your interest and comments :D, it is my pleasure to share this recipe with you. I hope you enjoy the flourless chocolate cake, which, at the moment, is my favorite healthy chocolate cake of them all.
TajSingh 15 months ago
Interesting recipe. A flour-less chocolate cake.