Homemade Chocolate Cake (no flour required!)

Some of us don’t even like chocolate cake (whaaat?!) But for those of you who do, this homemade chocolate cake (Rainbow Nourishments) is not just vegan and simple to make, but doesn’t even need flour! There’s nothing wrong with good flour, but it’s good not to eat too much of it, especially wheat flour.

Before baking, read our post on food safety for people and pets (some foods like chocolate are unsafe near animal friends).

This fudgy cake is not too sweet, made with no oil (it uses applesauce) and sweetened with coconut sugar. The secret ingredient is almond flour (which is not really flour) by whizzing up slivered almonds until they turn into what looks like flour! It also means this cake is rich in protein and calcium.

Choose organic European-grown almonds, as American almonds have ethical issue with migratory bee-keeping etc (in simple terms, they are harming bees, by the way they are grown). 

Also buy fair trade chocolate. Cocoa is grown in some of the world’s poorest regions, some farmers paid so little, it is classed as literally ‘almost slavery’.