Sugar Free - or - Healthier option - Chocolate cake recipes??

[Beach Mama]

You can sub Stevia/ natvia or Xylitol in place of sugar. All are natural and healthier than sugar.

[~~Snoogans~~]

Netix - He is a choc-o-hog-alic! so thought it wld be nice....however, I'm not that big a fan of it, so I am more than happy to *take one for the team* and NOT do chocolate!! hehe

Tanstar - can I get that from good ole woolies? or do I need a health shop?? and does it bake as well as sugar? Yes, I am aware that may be a silly silly question

[Aussiegirl777]

Natvia is available at Woolworths and Coles and contains the natural product Stevia. Google it first to make sure you are happy with stevia as a choice. They say that Stevia has 0 calories, something to do with the way your body processes the product. Natvia is marketed as a great alternative to sugar for baking. I haven't used it but I have a friend to loves baking and uses Natvia and swears by it.

[meow]

I just made up another batch of favourite refined sugar-free, grain free brownies- they are so good I eat them almost every day We bake it in a round cake pan for birthday cakes I use an electric mixer and it's super easy.

Fudgy Coconut Flour Brownies from wellfedhomestead
1 cup butter or ghee, melted and slightly cooled

1 cup cocoa powder

9 eggs

1 cup honey

3/4 tsp vanilla

3/4 tsp sea salt

3/4 cup coconut flour

Butter a 9×13 pan (mine was slightly larger than 9×13). Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Melt the butter in a saucepan, remove from heat. Add the cocoa powder into the butter, set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs. Add in the honey, vanilla and salt and whisk well.

Add in the coconut flour, little bits at a time, mixing well to avoid lumps.

Add in the cocoa powder-butter mixture and whisk very well. If you do not whisk well enough, you’ll have clumps in your brownies that are yellow when the rest is chocolatey-brown.

Pour the batter into your prepared pan and bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

[nothing2lose]

Hmmmm. I have tried both Natvia and Stevia and to be honest, I don't like the aftertaste. It has the same bitterness as aspartame or nutrisweet. Im not sure if I am particularly sensitive to it or something but I really can't stand the taste.

Personally, I prefer using a low sugar recipe. Applesauce is also a good alternative. Oh, and logicane is good too. It is sugar but it doesn't cause your blood sugar to spike as much as white sugar does.

I have a few recipes for cakes where I don't use sugar at all. But they have a banana and berry base.

Try this recipe. The blog is great for low gi (so therefore low sugar) recipes...

http://lowgicooking.com/pear-chocolate-fudge-cake/