Pamela Rumi, PhD – Is Your Heart Working Too Hard?

This easy-to-make chocolate cake is dark, moist, and rich-and only dirties one bowl! Not quite as easy as boxed cake mixes, but those often contain Trans fats. Our simple “from scratch” recipe gives you a home-baked cake with healthful coconut oil and whole-wheat flour.

12 servings | Active Time: 25 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

* 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole-wheat pastry flour, (see Ingredient Note)
* 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
* 1/2 cup nonfat buttermilk (see Tip) or coconut vanilla almond milk
* 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar or agave syrup
* 2 egg whites, lightly beaten
* 2 tablespoons coconut oil
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 sachet of Organo Gold Café Mocha dissolved in ½ cup hot water
* Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Line the pan with a circle of wax paper.

2. Whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and sea salt in a large bowl. Add buttermilk, brown sugar or agave syrup, egg whites, oil and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of café mocha coffee and beat to blend. (The batter will be quite thin.) Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

3. Bake the cake until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from the pan, peel off the wax paper and let cool completely. Dust the top with confectioners’ sugar before slicing.

Nutrition

Per serving :139 Calories; 3 g Fat; 1 g Sat; 2 g Mono; 18 mg Cholesterol; 26 g Carbohydrates; 2 g Protein; 2 g Fiber; 212 mg Sodium; 60 mg Potassium ,1 1/2 Carbohydrate Serving, Exchanges: 1 1/2 other carbohydrate

Tips & Notes

* Ingredient Note: Whole-wheat pastry flour, lower in protein than regular whole-wheat flour, has less gluten-forming potential, making it a better choice for tender baked goods. You can find it in the natural-foods section of large super markets and natural-foods stores. Store in the freezer.

* Tip: No buttermilk? You can use buttermilk powder prepared according to package directions. Or make “sour milk”: mix 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar to 1 cup milk.

Thanks,
Dr. Rumi

1. Black Coffee $30  (30 cups per box)
2. Cafe Latte    $30  (20 cups per box)
3. Cafe Mocha   $35  (15 cups per box)
4. Hot Chocolate $35 (15 cups per box)
5. Green Tea $38 (25 cups per box)