Story: Gluten-free, Dairy-free Chocolate Cake

Episode: 10
Presenter: Teresa Cutter
Air Date: 9th November 2025

Teresa shares her healthy Chocolate Cake!

Ingredients

Cake

• 8 eggs
• 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup of maple syrup
• 1 cup of plant-based milk
• Generous pinch of salt
• 2 Cups Almond meal
• 1 Cups Dark cocoa powder
• 3 generous teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence

Icing

• 400g avocados
• ½ cup maple syrup
• ½ cup coconut yoghurt
• ½ cup dark cocoa powder
• Generous sprinkle of salt
• Melted block of 90% dark chocolate

Method

Cake

• Preheat oven to 160°C and line cake tins with baking paper.
• place eggs, oil, maple syrup ad plant-based milk and salt into a bowl and whisk until all combined.
• Add in almond meal, dark cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla essence. Whisk again until combined.
• Pour batter into 2 x 20 cm baking cake tins. (Note: batter will be runny, not thick like other cake batters)
• Place in oven 30 mins.

Icing

• Place avocados, maple syrup, coconut yoghurt, dark cocoa powder and salt into a blender.
• Blend until it is smooth.
• Once smooth, add in the melted block of 90% dark chocolate and give it a blitz for another couple seconds until all combined.
• Once the cakes are cooled, ice the cake and enjoy!