• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Baking for Happiness
  • Recipes
    • Cakes
    • Cookies
    • Cupcakes
    • Bread
    • Desserts
    • Bars
    • Snacks
    • Brownies
  • About
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipes
    • Cakes
    • Cookies
    • Cupcakes
    • Bread
    • Desserts
    • Bars
    • Snacks
    • Brownies
  • About
×

Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake

Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!

vegan-gluten-free-chocolate-cake

Hello everyone!

Today's recipe is a healthy treat with a secret ingredient: It is hard to believe that there are beans in this moist cake. This recipe is perfect for vegans, people with allergies and anyone who wants to eat consciously.

Jump to:
  • Taste and Occasion
  • Ingredients
  • How to make the Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake
  • Top Tip
  • Recipe Card
  • Variations
  • Nutrition

Taste and Occasion

I've already created this vegan and gluten-free chocolate cake in 2015. At that time, my enthusiasm for baking with natural ingredients began. Maybe you know my eBook on this topic? It's about how health and indulgence don't have to be mutually exclusive. And it works, as you can see in this gluten-free, sugar-free and vegan chocolate cake without flour, eggs, butter and co.

Admittedly, this recipe's development was a bit tricky; but I am more than happy with the result. I love regular, luscious chocolate cakes. But I also like experimental, healthy treats like this bean cake. So the secret ingredient is vegetables! With this recipe, you get a creamy "fudgy" texture, a great mouthfeel, and a slight sweetness. It reminds me a bit of the sweet potato brownies.

Ingredients

This vegan gluten-free chocolate cake is very special. It's unusual in terms of ingredients and preparation, but also incredibly delicious. It is a cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar. Probably you are wondering how that is supposed to work 😉 . You are right to wonder!

Check out my other similar recipes!
  • Low-Fat Moist Carrot Cake
  • easy moist lemon sheet cake
    Lemon Sheet Cake
  • Peanut Butter Protein Balls (Low Carb)
  • The Best Wacky Chocolate Cake

So, what's exactly in this healty cake with chocolate? Besides the vegetables (kidney beans or black beans), you need mainly ground oats, cocoa powder, coconut oil, chocolate, and sweeteners. There are several options for sweetening.

The first alternative is a chocolate cake with rice syrup or agave syrup and dark chocolate with very high cocoa content, with coconut blossom sugar, with stevia or with date sweetener. Of course, even alternative sweeteners are not always sugar-free. The second alternative is an actual sugar-free vegan chocolate cake without flour: You can use chocolate with xylitol or erythritol drops as well as liquid sugar-free sweeteners like fiber syrup.

vegan-chocolate-cake-without-flout-butter-egg-milk

How to make the Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake

Let's get started! First of all, grind the rolled oats finely in a kitchen chopper for the cake "dough". Now, prepare a strong espresso and measure out 1 tablespoon. Rinse the canned beans very well with water and drain. After that, preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C.

Line the bottom of a small springform pan (8 in/20 cm) with baking paper and lightly grease the sides.

Then, chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt in a hot water bath. Place all ingredients in a high-powered food processor or blender and blend for a few minutes until smooth and creamy. Taste and – if it's necessary – sweeten the dough. Pour the dough into the springform pan and smooth it out.

Recipe Recommendation

Low-Fat Moist Carrot Cake

This carrot cake is not only low in fat and calories, but also extra fruity and moist, thanks to pineapple in the dough. This is how a good healthy carrot cake can taste!

Now it's time for some decorations: Spread some chocolate drops on the cake and then bake it for 15 to 20 minutes. Attention: Do not overbake!

After baking, refrigerate the cake for a few hours or overnight, then it will firm up even more and set up nicely. Before serving, dust your vegan gluten-free chocolate cake with cocoa powder and sprinkle with cocoa nibs, if you like. The cake pieces taste great cold or briefly reheated and freeze well – a real allrounder!

vegan-gluten-free-chocolate-cake-recipe

Top Tip

The preparation of the dough in this recipe is different than usual. You need a powerful blender or food processor. You have to try this unusual recipe!

vegan-gluten-free-chocolate-cake-without-industrial-sugar

Recipe Card

Print Recipe Pin Recipe Click on the stars to rate the recipe
5 from 1 vote

Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake

A special chocolate cake without flour, butter, eggs and industrial sugar - super delicious and suitable for vegans and allergy sufferers.
Prep Time10 mins
Baking Time20 mins
Calories: 211kcal

Equipment

  • Small Springform Pan (8 in/20 cm)

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 50 grams (⅔ cups) rolled oats
  • 1 tablespoon espresso, or oat/almond milk
  • 300 grams (1 ¾ cups) black beans or kidney beans, canned
  • 15 grams (3 tablespoons) cocoa powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 80 grams (4 tablespoons) rice syrup
  • 40 grams (3 tablespoons) coconut oil
  • 1 piece ground vanilla bean, or vanilla pulp
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 80 grams (⅓ cups) dark chocolate without sugar

For decorating

  • 30 grams (4 tablespoons) chocolate drops without sugar
  • baking cocoa, for dusting
  • cocoa nibs

Instructions

  • For the cake "dough", finely grind the rolled oats in a kitchen chopper. Prepare a strong espresso and measure out 1 tablespoon. Rinse the canned beans very well with water and drain.
  • Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C. Line the bottom of a small springform pan (8 in/20 cm) with baking paper and lightly grease the sides.
  • Chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt in a hot water bath. Place all ingredients in a high-powered food processor or blender and blend for a few minutes until smooth and creamy. Taste and sweeten if necessary. Pour dough into the springform pan and smooth out, decorate with chocolate drops.
  • Bake the cake for about 15-20 minutes. Do not over bake. Refrigerate for a few hours or overnight, then it will firm up even more and set up nicely. Before serving, dust with cocoa powder and sprinkle with cocoa nibs, if desired. The cake pieces taste great cold or briefly reheated and freeze well.

Notes

  • If the beans are already pre-cooked from a can or jar, the drained weight should be 260-300g. Of course, you can also take dried beans, soak them and cook them.
  • To bake the cake with only natural ingredients, you can use dark chocolate with a very high cocoa content & without industrial sugar. For example, chocolate with coconut sugar, stevia chocolate or chocolate with date sweetener. To sweeten, you need a liquid sweetener like rice syrup or agave syrup. Cacao nibs are great for folding in or topping.
  • To make the cake completely sugar-free (but not 100% "natural"), use xylitol chocolate, sugar-free chocolate drops and fiber syrup.

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!
Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!Great vegan gluten-free chocolate cake: This healthy cake without flour, butter, egg, milk and industrial sugar is perfect for vegans & allergy sufferers!

Variations

You suffer from an allergy or food intolerance? You live vegan? You want to eat healthier? Then I have many suitable recipes for you, like the moist gluten-free carrot cake, the flourless low carb waffles, the keto chocolate cake or the oatmeal pancakes without eggs, flour and sugar. Just browse through my blog a bit and get inspired! You will definitely find the right recipe for you.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 211 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 115mg5%
Potassium 292mg8%
Carbohydrates 26g9%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 4IU0%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 54mg5%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Similar Recipes

von symplr engage
  • Low-Fat Moist Carrot Cake
    0
    Low-Fat Moist Carrot Cake
  • Lemon Sheet Cake with Lemon Frosting
    0
    Lemon Sheet Cake with Lemon Frosting
  • Peanut Butter Protein Balls (5 ingredients)
    0
    Peanut Butter Protein Balls (5 ingredients)
  • The Best Wacky Cake (Chocolate Cake)
    0
    The Best Wacky Cake (Chocolate Cake)
  • Flourless and Fudgy Avocado Brownies
    0
    Flourless and Fudgy Avocado Brownies
  • About Kathrin & Jan

    It's like a little miracle to me every time. Seemingly simple ingredients are made into something that can brighten up your life. Butter, sugar, eggs, and flour melt into an airy biscuit, a fine tart, a juicy cake, or a crispy biscuit. Baking simply makes you happy. Welcome and enjoy our blog!

    Kathrin & Jan

    Get to know us. →

  • Classic Scottish Shortbread
    0
    Classic Scottish Shortbread
  • Moist flourless chocolate cake
    0
    Moist flourless chocolate cake
  • Zebra cake with cream instead of butter
    0
    Zebra cake with cream instead of butter
  • Vegan Banana Cake (and sugar-free)
    0
    Vegan Banana Cake (and sugar-free)
  • Soft and Chewy Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
    0
    Soft and Chewy Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
  • The Best Homemade Brownies Recipe
    0
    The Best Homemade Brownies Recipe
  • Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake
    0
    Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake
  • Moist Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
    0
    Moist Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
  • Low Carb Protein Bars with Peanutbutter
    0
    Low Carb Protein Bars with Peanutbutter
  • Easy Vegan Nut Cake
    0
    Easy Vegan Nut Cake
  • Low-Fat Sugar-Free Lemon Cake
    0
    Low-Fat Sugar-Free Lemon Cake
  • Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread
    0
    Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread
  • Keto Chocolate Cake with Frosting
    0
    Keto Chocolate Cake with Frosting
  • Soft and Fluffy Lemon Cookies
    0
    Soft and Fluffy Lemon Cookies
  • Original Sachertorte Cake from Vienna
    0
    Original Sachertorte Cake from Vienna
  • Easy Chocolate Yogurt Cake
    0
    Easy Chocolate Yogurt Cake
  • High Protein Chocolate Cake
    0
    High Protein Chocolate Cake
  • Easy Biscuit Recipe with only three Ingredients
    0
    Easy Biscuit Recipe with only three Ingredients
  • Vegan & Gluten Free Sweet Potato Brownies
    0
    Vegan & Gluten Free Sweet Potato Brownies
  • Black Forest Cake without Alcohol
    0
    Black Forest Cake without Alcohol
  • Easy Chocolate Loaf Cake with Glaze
    0
    Easy Chocolate Loaf Cake with Glaze
  • German Bee Sting Cake
    0
    German Bee Sting Cake
« Marzipan Cake (only two ingredients)
Soft and Fluffy Braided Bread »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Hi, we're Kathrin & Jan!

It's like a little miracle to me every time. Seemingly simple ingredients are made into something that can brighten up your life. Butter, sugar, eggs, and flour melt into an airy biscuit, a fine tart, a juicy cake, or a crispy biscuit. Baking is what makes us happy.

Welcome and enjoy our blog!
Learn more about us. →

Recipe Recommendation

  • Easy Biscuit Recipe with only three Ingredients
  • Low-Fat Sugar-Free Lemon Cake
  • Gugelhupf - Classic German Bundt Cake
  • Homemade Naan Bread with Yogurt
  • Gluten-Free Lemon Cake with Almonds - delicious and moist
  • Soft and Chewy Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Similar Recipes

  • Low-Fat Moist Carrot Cake
    Low-Fat Moist Carrot Cake
  • Lemon Sheet Cake with Lemon Frosting
    Lemon Sheet Cake with Lemon Frosting
  • Peanut Butter Protein Balls (5 ingredients)
    Peanut Butter Protein Balls (5 ingredients)
  • The Best Wacky Cake (Chocolate Cake)
    The Best Wacky Cake (Chocolate Cake)
  • Flourless and Fudgy Avocado Brownies
    Flourless and Fudgy Avocado Brownies
  • Classic Scottish Shortbread
    Classic Scottish Shortbread

Footer

↑ back to top

Baking for Happiness

Privacy Policy | Contact