Description
This No Flour, No Sugar Chocolate Oat Cake is a naturally sweetened, wholesome dessert made with bananas, apples, oats, cocoa, and yogurt. It’s rich in flavor, free from refined ingredients, and perfect for a healthy snack, dessert, or even breakfast.
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas (240g / 8.5 oz)
- 2 tablespoons raisins (30g / 1 oz)
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (15g / 0.5 oz)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (4g)
- 1 cup oats (90g / 3.2 oz)
- 5 tablespoons yogurt or sour cream (75ml / 2.5 fl oz)
- 1 medium apple, peeled and diced (150g / 5 oz)
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds (10g / 0.4 oz)
- 2 tablespoons walnuts, chopped (20g / 0.7 oz)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (2g)
- Olive oil for greasing
- 80g sugar-free dark chocolate (2.8 oz)
- 3 tablespoons hot milk (45ml / 1.5 fl oz)
- Extra walnuts for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly grease a cake pan with olive oil.
- Mash the bananas in a mixing bowl until smooth.
- Add eggs, cocoa powder, yogurt or sour cream, and baking powder. Mix until well combined.
- Stir in oats, raisins, chopped apple, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and cinnamon. Mix until evenly distributed.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
- Bake for 30–35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- While the cake cools, melt sugar-free dark chocolate with hot milk until smooth.
- Drizzle the melted chocolate over the cooled cake and decorate with extra walnuts.
- Let the chocolate set before slicing and serving.
Notes
- Use very ripe bananas for maximum natural sweetness.
- Substitute raisins with dates or dried cranberries for variation.
- To make nut-free, replace walnuts with sunflower seeds or extra oats.
- Use Greek yogurt for more protein and tang.
- Make it vegan by using flax eggs and plant-based yogurt.
- Freeze individual slices for longer storage.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Healthy
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
