Looking for a quick and easy gluten free chocolate cake? This one is so simple that you can make it one pot and it doesn’t need a drop of frosting. I’m hooked on this thick, fudgey, yet cakey treat. I made it a couple of weeks ago during our Super Bowl party and it was gobbled up in mere minutes by our boisterous gang of guests.
If you are not in the mood for white chocolate, or wish to make a more Paleo/Primal treat, replace the white chocolate chips with dark chocolate chips. Replacing the white chocolate with dark chocolate turns this dessert into a healthy treat with high fat coconut milk (great fat to anchor your blood sugar levels) as well as almond flour and eggs (full of good proteins that also anchor blood sugar levels and keep you satiated).
The recipe below is actually based on a brownie recipe by the lovely Marinka. When I posted my Double Chocolate Walnut Brownies, she left a comment with a link to her brownies, which I then in turn based this cake upon.
Easy Black and White Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup chocolate chips (if you want to use a bar it's about 6 ounces)
- ½ cup full fat coconut milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1¼ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt dark chocolate chips and coconut milk in a small saucepan over very low heat
- When chocolate is completely melted, remove saucepan from heat
- Stir eggs into saucepan containing chocolate/coconut milk mixture
- Next, stir in almond flour, salt and baking soda
- Fold in ½ cup of the white chocolate chips
- Grease an 8 x 8 inch baking dish with oil of your choice
- Pour batter into baking dish, then sprinkle remaining white chocolate chips over batter
- Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes
- Cool and serve
In terms of substitution questions, feel free to try this replacing the eggs with some other ingredient of your choice. If you replace the eggs, or any other ingredient in this recipe, for that matter, please leave a comment and let us know how it goes! It took me quite a few tries to get this recipe just so, therefore I’m really not sure how it would work with various adaptations –the only way to find out is to give it the old college try.
Tina Moody says
This is a very moist, darkly chocolate luxurious treat, and very easy. Thanks, Elana. I made it today and added some coconut palm sugar. I didn’t have white chocolate, so substituted dark chocolate which wasn’t sweet enough to carry it. We’re enjoying what’s left of if.
Jack says
Just made these with 72% dark chocolate and 60% dark instead of white chocolate. So Good!!! They have a perfect texture and don’t need any additional sweetner. Only problem is they won’t last long!
jill says
This recipe was amazing!!!!!!! I used the dark chocolate instead of the white and my family ate the whole batch!!! Thanks for sharing!
Hannah Marcotti says
This looks divine and now I have a sweet tooth for a bite!
Diane-thewholegang says
This looks so good but we can’t eat dairy. I wish they would make these white choc chips dairy and soy free too. OK but we so need a treat around here so I’m going to make this cake but swirl in some peanut butter. My son will love it. He already wants to move in with your family.
Freed Willie says
Made only 1/2 recipe tonight, but will be making whole recipe tomorrow!!! And probably many more after that. :)
Soooo moist and yummy as well as FAST and EASY to make – the very best chocolate sugar free / low carb recipe I’ve made to date. I used all semi-sweet chocolate (Sensato’s sugar free mini chips)and it was dark, rich and heavenly. Thank you for an awesome and super EASY chocolate cake recipe.
Georgia Pellegrini says
The coconut milk must give this cake a luxurious texture. This looks delicious
kate@ahealthypassion says
ooh this looks soo good I love dark and white chocolate chips together!
delyana says
Thanks Elana for this great recipe!I will be making this one a lot, it is so easy and yet delicious.I just love your recipes, and I am not even gluten intolerant.
Katrina (gluten free gidget) says
The almonds on top are such a nice touch!