Some may say that it is too good to be true and honestly I think on most days I would have to agree with that sentiment. I mean if it was true to have a delicious dessert at such low calories, surely everyone would be talking about it? Surely ‘Emma’s Goodies’ would be selling her recipe to the highest bidder. And I for one wouldn’t blame her one bit. Or at least if it was possible to have a 50 Calorie Chocolate Cake, I’d have imagined it to be the grossest most inedible creation in history. But instead of placing these judgements, I thought it would be a great idea to test out ‘Emma’s Goodies’ Viral Gluten Free 50 Calorie Chocolate Cake Recipe. Wow, now say that three times fast. I tested it out so I could give you my true thoughts and then you can decide whether this recipe is worth your time after all.
Firstly I just want to make it very clear that this is not my recipe. I believe this recipe originates from the ‘Emma’s Goodies’ YouTube Channel which I will link right here so you can go check out the origin post, if need be.
Gluten Free 50 Calorie Chocolate Cake Recipe
- 80ml of Semi-skimmed milk
- 2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 180g of Plain Yogurt (I used Greek unsweetened)
- 50g Cocoa Powder
- 20g of Sweetener (I used stevia but every sweetener is different. 20g here is equivalent to about 70g of sugar
- 1 Egg
- 60g of GF Oats (blended, should resemble a coarse flour)
- 1tsp of Baking powder
Method
- Pour the Milk, Yogurt and Vanilla into a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 50 seconds
- Add the Cocoa powder to this warmed mixture and whisk until combined
- Then go ahead and incorporate your sugar or sugar substitute of choice. Once again whisking until well combined.
- Add the egg and mix well
- Take 60g of Gluten Free oats (or regular if you’re not GF) and blend. I did this for about 60 seconds, so I had a flour consistency.
- Add baking powder to Oat mixture and stir before adding the Oat flour to the Chocolate mixture.
- Whisk well until you have a thick mixture with no powder remaining
- Cook at 160 C for 35 Minutes (according to Emma), mine took about 45 minutes however.
50 Calorie Chocolate Cake- My thoughts and reality
So, where do I begin. I felt very excited about this recipe. I’m sure like most people I am always searching for guilt free ways to indulge cake cravings. I hoped I had hit the holy grail with the recipe and perhaps so had the diabetics all around the globe. If I listened well enough I could almost hear them rejoicing at the discovery of a sugar free, gluten free 50 calorie Chocolate cake recipe.
I have to say though, this cake is definitely an acquired taste. It is quite bitter, so I would definitely recommend for anyone out there with a love of high percentage chocolate to check it out. In her video Emma says this cake is best warmed up a bit, so it goes more fudge-like, and I would definitely agree with her.
However, is this the diet answer to all the chocoholics and cake fiends of the world? I would have to say… probably not. As much as I really wanted this cake to mirror the most calorific, sugary confection. In hindsight I realise that this was not a realistic expectation. So definitely bare that in mind if you’re going to try out this recipe for yourself.
It is definitely a viable alternative for anyone wanting to cut calories or avoid sugar for health reasons, so if that sounds like you, try it out and tell me what you think!
1000% respect to Emma’s Goodies for always creating great content and killing challenges to curate recipes such as this, under such unconventional baking constraints.
Thanks for reading!
Keiran
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