How to make delicious + healthy chocolate cake

Gather ingredients. You can substitute whole wheat flour for a much drier cake. Grate the zucchini, chop the dates, make your own applesauce from 1 granny smith apple (peeled, boiled and blended).

If putting zucchini in cake makes you nervous you can lower the amount to 1 cup; not packed. ___________________________ For the chopped dates we used a small food processor.

Mix all of the dry ingredients together. {Flour, cacao powder, baking soda and salt}

Peel and chop the granny smith apple. Add it to boiling water for a few minutes. Once softened, put it in the food processor or blended to make applesauce.

Mix all of the wet ingredients together. {Eggs, applesauce, vanilla and honey}

Combine the wet and dry ingredient mixtures. It should look similar to this if you used almond flour. Whole wheat will make a smoother consistency.

*save a tablespoon of dates. Stir in the grated zucchini and the remaining chopped dates.

They will stick together. You'll need to separate and top the cake with some of these. You can also add a chopped nut topping of your choice.

Pour the mixture into an 8x8 or 9x9 pan; we prefer glass. Coat the pan with non stick oil. Cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Insert toothpick; should come out non-gooey.

Very moist, very textured, very delicious cake!

This is the whole wheat flour version topped with walnuts. A side of fried banana.

Fried Banana Side - 1 banana sliced, 1/2 tsp coconut oil in a frying pan. Cook for a few minutes. Mix together 1 tbsp water & 1 tbsp honey and pour over banana. Top with cinnamon.