How to make a healthy ( well healthier) with no sugar chocolate dish ? that's this months challenge for We should Cocoa - January 2013, so here goes, substituting agave nectar for sugar is allowed.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup of light agave nectar
- 1 cup of plain wholemeal flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Good pinch of salt
- 1 egg free range please
- 1/2 cup skimmed milk
- 1/4 cup sunflower oil
- 1 tsp vanilla paste
- 1/2 cup boiling water
Method
- Preheat oven to 180c
- Oil spray and base line approx 8" round cake tin
- Sieve flour, cocoa and all other dry ingredients into mixer bowl
- Add all other ingredients except the boiling water
- Mix throughly for a couple of minutes
- Now stir in the boiling water, this is to activate the baking soda
- Quickly pour your mixture into the prepared pan
- Bake for approx 35 -40 minutes until tests done with a skewer
- Cool in the tin for about 10 minutes and then on a wire rack
- Serve when full cooled with creme fraiche or vanilla yoghurt.
What was the verdict Linzi? It sounds like it might be good. Thanks for entering it into We Should Cocoa. Not sure what happened to your e-mail, it wasn't there, so sorry your entry is a day late in the posting.
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