- prep: 10 min
- cook: 20 min
- total: 30 min
Summary
This healthy chocolate cake is made with gluten free, high protein quinoa, and sweetened only with dates. This recipe makes a wonderful snack cake. Frost it with nut butter, or try my Healthy Chocolate Frosting .
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa (1/2 cup raw quinoa will yield slightly more)
- 8 1/2 ounces dates*
- 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup arrowroot powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 9
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 143 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 2 g 2.94%
- Saturated Fat: 1 g 5.69%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 188 mg 7.83%
- Calcium: 23 mg 2.3%
- Potassium: 272 mg 7.77%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 6.09%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 30 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 4 g 16.07%
- Sugar: 18 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 0.03%
- Vitamin C 0.16%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat0
- Exchange - Fruit1
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit1 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq