Sweet Potato Chocolate Snacking Cake

A tray of chocolate brownies with chocolate chips on top, one brownie scooped out with a spoon. Surrounding the tray are yellow plates, utensils, a bowl of chocolate chips, and a napkin.

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Sweet Potato Chocolate Snacking Cake

This Sweet Potato Chocolate Snacking Cake is rich, fudgy, and secretly good for you, thanks to a sweet potato base and a protein boost from eggs and nut butter. It's naturally gluten-free, refined sugar free without the chocolate chips, and comes together in one bowl.

Course Dessert, Snack

Diet Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Keyword Dairy Free, gluten-free

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 33

Total Time 53

Servings Servings

Calories 167kcal

Author Nicole Modic

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Ingredients

1 ½ Cups Mashed Sweet Potatoes I do this in the microwave, see below!⁣
3 Eggs
½ Cup Maple Syrup
¼ Cup Almond Butter or cashew butter
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
¼ Cup Oat Flour
3 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cacao Powder
¼ Teaspoon Kosher Salt
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
⅔ Cup Dark Chocolate Chips

Instructions

Start with the sweet potato. Wash it, pierce it all over with a knife, and wrap it in a damp paper towel. Microwave on high for 6 minutes, carefully flip it, and microwave for another 6 minutes.

Keep going in shorter bursts if it's not fully soft yet. Once it's done, cut it open and let it cool before you move on.

Preheat your oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, mash the cooled sweet potato well, then whisk in the eggs, maple syrup, nut butter, and vanilla until smooth.
Add the oat flour, cacao powder, salt, and baking soda, and stir until just combined. Fold in most of the chocolate chips, saving a handful for the top.
Pour the batter into a greased quarter sheet pan or 8x8 baking dish (parchment paper makes cleanup even easier). Scatter the reserved chocolate chips over the top.

If you're using the sheet pan, bake for 28 to 30 minutes. In an 8x8 dish, give it 30 to 33 minutes. You're looking for a toothpick that comes out mostly clean. This cake is meant to be a little underdone in the center, so pull it as soon as you see that, even if it still looks slightly soft.

Let it cool, then slice or scoop straight from the pan.

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