you challenged me to make a low-calorie dessert so today we're making what I
call my 50 calorie chocolate cake it's easy delicious and fudgy the cake itself
is roughly 50 calories per slice if you add the frosting it's gonna be roughly
90 calories per slice it's time to shed that quarantine belly okay so instead of
butter today we're gonna use plain unsweetened yogurt so we'll drastically
cut down on fat and calories without having to sacrifice flavor and
tenderness your cake will still be absolutely delicious
and soft I have some vanilla in there as well and I've added some milk and we're
gonna microwave this we just want to heat up this mixture for about 45
seconds because we're gonna bloom the cocoa powder in a moment while that's
heating let's stock sugar you can use any sweetener of your choice and the one
that you like best I'm using Truvia today keep in mind every sweetener has a
different grade of sweetness so you may need less or more depending on what
sugar substitute you're using if you don't have any sugar issues yes you can
use just regular plain sugar I've gone ahead and added the cocoa to the warm
milk mixture and this really intensifies is chocolate flavor if you're new to my
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new videos every week add your sugar now you do want to mix as well some sugar
substitutes don't dissolve as fast or as well as regular sugar does so just take
that extra time to mix as well this probably took me 30 seconds this recipe
as you can see is so simple everything goes in One Bowl and you don't need any
special equipment you're gonna add your egg now the egg is important for this
recipe because the cake is gluten free so the egg will give structure to your
cake and bind everything together once that's mixed in we're gonna add the dry
ingredients which are just oats and baking soda for better an amazing
texture we're going to grind the oats you want to use quick oats
if you buy the sachets like I do you'll need two sachets if you buy your oatmeal
in bulk just check the description box to see how much you'll need and like I
said you just want to grind this into a fine flour okay so back to our cake I've
given my baking soda and oats a quick toss and as soon as you add the dry
ingredients into your liquid mixture the baking soda will activate so you do need
to mix this quickly and you want to have everything ready to go so I've been
preheated which should always be preheated and cake fan ready to go makes
your cake batter well and you're going to transfer it into your pan lined with
parchment paper I did slightly grease the pan so you do want to slightly
grease it and you're going to bake your cake in a preheated oven at 160 degrees
Celsius or 320 Fahrenheit for around 35 minutes check your cake with a toothpick
I'm gonna show you an up close so you really get a good look at how the
toothpick should look like there shouldn't be any wood batter on your
toothpick but it shouldn't come out completely clean either I'm gonna show
you also an up close of the cake so you get a really good look at it
the top will look like a brownie so a little bit crinkly but the top will be
soft and springy you're going to let this sit for about 10 minutes in the pan
and then take it out I really wanted to leave this in the video in case anybody
paddocks and worries depending on what sugar substitutes you use you may get
some white little speckles or spots on the surface of your cake it's completely
fine and once you turn your cake over they will just magically disappear I was
so impressed how this cake looks it looks like a regular delicious chocolate
cake it's soft and smells fantastic now you can have this as is you do not need
a frosting and if you do choose to eat this plane it will be delicious and
every slice as promised will be 50 calories I am gonna frost mine though
we're gonna make a skinny yogurt chocolate frosting to the yogurts I've
added the milk and you'll also need a sweetener of your choice I'm using a
different brand for the frosting just because this one dissolves faster this
one is almost like powdered sugar I want to say and you're going to give this a
good mix essentially making a skinny ganache so
instead of heavy cream we're using yogurt and milk I've added the melted
chocolate and you want to mix this until it comes together it will look strange
at first but as you continue to mix it it will come together now this will be a
bit runny like traditional ganache but if you pop this in the fridge for about
15 minutes it will firm up you do want to add the ganache though well it's
still pretty loose because this isn't a lot of frosting and if you spread it
well it's still loose you'll really be able to cut your cake well I really
wanted to develop a simple recipe with basic ingredients that can be found
easily okay so we're going to cut into this baby and I'm going to show you that
fantastic fudgy texture it's so soft and fudgy you will love this if you're
following a low sugar low fat lifestyle or maybe you just can't have sugar or
gluten this is definitely a chocolate cake to try it's just as fudgy and
chocolatey as a regular chocolate cake and it's more satisfying because you
won't get that sugar crash afterwards I gave this to my seven-year-old nephew
and he thought this was regular chocolate cake that's just to tell you
how delicious this chocolate cake is and now you're not sacrificing anything so
cut yourself one two or four slices and enjoy this delicious
fudgy skinny chocolate cake