Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Healthy Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from joyfoodsunshine.com
20 cooks on joyfoodsunshine.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 38% | 101% |
| total sugar | 100% | 232% |
| egg | 67% | 48% |
| leavener | 3% | 4% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| liquid | 163% | 200% |
| dairy | 163% | 117% |
| chocolate | 42% | 67% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 150 g | 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour * |
| 21 g | 1/4 cup cocoa powder |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup butter (melted) |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup coconut sugar |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup applesauce |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup Greek yogurt |
| 100 g | 2 eggs |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup whole milk |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla |
| 42 g | 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (optional) |
| Chocolate Buttercream Frosting |
Method: 11 steps, published by joyfoodsunshine.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I honestly didn’t know if I would like this recipe when I made this but when I tried it I can’t stop it tastes delicious I made some adjustments because I didn’t have all the ingredients so here’s what I did instead of the ap flour I used spelt and because spe” — a cook, 5.0★
“This cakes was absolutely perfect for my son’s 2nd birthday party! I made it dairy and egg free and it turned out really good! I received so many compliments on it.” — a cook, 5.0★