Chocolate Chia Cake

Recipe
Written By Elle Harrison

GF, DF, Vegetarian

This cake is a great gluten and dairy free staple! Its super moist and is even high in protein and fibre due to the inclusion of the eggs, chia seeds and almond meal. 

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp chia seeds, soaked in 1 cup of water for 15 minutes

  • ½ cup cocoa powder

  • 1/3 cup coconut oil

  • 5 medium to large eggs

  • 1 3/4 cups almond meal

  • 3/4 cup coconut sugar (or your choice of sugar)

  • 1 cup mixed berries

  • 1 tsp bicarb soda

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180C. Line a spring-form cake tin with nonstick baking paper.

  • Soak chia seeds in 1 cup of water for 15 minutes, stirring regularly.

  • In the meantime place cocoa, eggs, almond meal, sugar, salt, bicarb and oil in a bowl. Whisk to combine well and break up any lumps (at least 1 minute). Add chia seed jelly and whisk until well combined. Pour into a lined cake tin.

  • Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until it bounces back when pressed in middle. Let the cake cool for 5-10 minutes in the tin. Finish cooling on a wire cooling rack.

  • Serve with coconut yogurt and some extra berries

Elle Harrison https://www.elleharrison.design
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