Chocolate Maple Torte (no sugar)
This cake is so good! I first made it when I was on my 30-day Real Food diet, which means it's made with 100% whole wheat and lightly sweetened with maple syrup. Honey is the only other sweetener allowed on the initial diet, and I had limited myself to one treat per week. I scoured the web for sugar-free recipes and when I finally found this one, I ate almost the entire pan in one sitting (and didn't feel guilty).
One of my tricks for transitioning from white flour to whole wheat was to use whole wheat pastry flour in all my non-yeast recipes. It's still 100% whole grain, but it's made from a mildly flavored winter wheat (also known as white wheat, but not to be confused with white flour) and has a finer grind similar to all-purpose flour.
The maple flavor is hardly noticeable after baking, but in addition to sweetening the cake, it helps keep the cake moist with a dense, fudge-like texture. If you want a light, fluffy cake, add ¼ teaspoon baking powder. You'll end up with a cake like this:
Chocolate Maple Torte
Chocolate Maple Torte (no sugar)
Ingredients
- ¾ cup whole wheat pastry flour
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder optional, see above
- ½ cup butter melted
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup pure maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Fruit for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8×8 baking pan or 8 inch cake pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder and baking powder (if using); set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat butter, eggs, syrup and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 20 minutes or until just set. A toothpick inserted in the center will still have sticky-but-not-wet crumbs. Serve warm or at room temperature with fruit.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. This is the best chocolate cake I’ve made with maple syrup. It could be pared perfectly with some cream.
Baked this last night. Thank you so much for this quick and healthier-than-normal cake! I’m trying to avoid sugar and this satisfied my chocolate craving. I didn’t have heavy cream, so I mixed a 1/4 cup of sour cream with 1/2 tsp maple syrup and topped the cake with it. Delicious with or without the topping!
This is one of my favorite recipes! Usually I double it because I’m feeding 10+ people! Today after making it for a year or so, I’m halving the butter to do half butter half avocado oil!!! I hope it works! Just trying something new!
Also raspberries and whipped cream makes this dessert like next level! So do what she does in the picture!
came out fantastic! used reg fine grind ww flour (not ww pastry flour) sub'd applesauce for 1/2 the butter, used less syrup (eye-balled it), topped with slivered almonds, buttered and sifted cocoa over the pan to "grease" it.
I made this tonight with gluten free flour 1:1. It was good! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks, good to know!
My friend who doesn’t eat wheat or refined sugar asked me to bring a dessert. I made your wonderful recipe using cassava (tapioca) flour instead of wheat and it turned out beautifully. I did use the optional baking powder. Thank you for this!
Liked the recipe, easy and just right for chocolate lovers!
Perfect recipe to have for chocolate lovers!
I'm looking for some more "real food" dessert recipes, this looks like the one!
Yummy! Perfect <3