A Victory for Chocolate Lovers and Healthy Eaters

     I remember it clearly because it was a fast-day. I was watching an episode of Sex and the City, and Miranda was in one of her “dryspells,” desperate for chocolate to fulfill her craving. I watched her pull out a box of Dunken Hines chocolate cake mix and a can of chocolate frosting and I thought, there has to be a healthier way.

     I found one while looking through chocolate cake recipes online, adding on “sugar free” and “whole wheat” to the search-box of the search-engine. I thought it may not have been done, but finally after several recipes I found an excellent chocolate cake with chocolate frosting without the margarine, white flour, and processed sugar of Dunkin Hines.

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting

Cake:

1 cup Whole Wheat flour

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

¾ tsp baking powder

¾ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

2/3 cup Agave

1 egg

½ cup soymilk

¼ cup vegetable oil

1 tsp vanilla

½ cup boiling water

Mix dry ingredients, then add wet ingredients.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Cool, then frost!

Frosting:

¾ cup cocoa powder

¼ cup coconut oil

½ cup agave nectar

2 tsp vanilla

Melt coconut oil for easy mixing.

Whisk ingredients together, Frost your cake!

Now, sit back with an episode of Sex and the City and enjoy a slightly less guilty piece of cake!

          -Rebecca Najjar