Cottage Cheese Chocolate Cake (high protein)
This Cottage Cheese Chocolate Cake (high protein) with a coconut sugar frosting chocolate frosting is the ideal healthier chocolate cake recipe.
Equipment
- 1 blender
Ingredients
Cake
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup coconut sugar any granular sugar should work
- 1 cup +2-3 tablespoons full fat cottage cheese - blended*
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
Frosting
- ½ cup softened butter
- 1 ½ cups coconut sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-3 tablespoons milk
Other ingredients
- fresh chopped strawberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add eggs, cottage cheese, olive oil, vanilla and coconut sugar to a large mixing bowl. Whisk together until smooth.
- Add in baking powder, flour and cocoa powder to the same bowl. Mix together until just combined.
- Add cake batter to an 8 or 9 inch cake pan. If necessary, grease or line the pan. I used a caraway pan and lightly oiled it.
- Bake cake for 30-40 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean or until cake reads 200 degrees on a meat thermometer.
- Let cake fully cool. Cool it for 10-30 minutes in the pan on a wire rack, and then for 1-3 hours out of the pan. You need the cake to be fully cooled before frosting it. To speed up the process you can refrigerate the cake for part of the cooling process, just don't put it in the fridge when it is still hot.
- Add all frosting ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth, stopping to scrape down the blender as needed.
- Frost cake and top with strawberries if using, slice and enjoy.
Notes
*You want the cottage cheese to measure out 1 cup AFTER being blended. This means you need a little more than 1 cup to start, I needed 1 cup and 3 tablespoons but this will likely vary by the brand.
If you don't want to make your own frosting feel free to sub in store bought, or even use your favorite frosting recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 345kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 6gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 272mgPotassium: 134mgFiber: 2gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 330IUCalcium: 73mgIron: 2mg
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