Chocolate Almond Cake

When Alex and I first started eating a mostly whole food diet, celebrations were hard. How could we balance our love for nutritious foods with the fact that celebrations tend to involve refined sugar and butter? Over time, we’ve grown to realize the power of moderation and the special-ness that comes from only using rich ingredients occasionally. In the spirit of treat food, here’s a chocolate almond cake that’s a splurge and full of whole foods, too. It’s rich, chocolatey and delicious: but made with ground almonds and maple syrup. Oh and chocolate! Keep reading for the recipe. Want a large chocolate cake instead? Try our Flourless Chocolate Cake (for chocolate lovers!).

How to make chocolate almond cake

For this recipe, we’ve put our “whole foods” spin on a decadent flourless chocolate cake by using ground almonds for protein and nutrients and maple syrup instead of added refined sugar. We’ve also used one of our favorite “tricks”: creating modest individual portions. It’s also a gluten-free dessert: all ground almonds and no refined flour! It’s incredibly easy to make and looks beautiful too. If you don’t have a food processor to grind the almonds, you can use almond flour or almond meal. See the recipe below! And if you want more with almond flour, we’ve got 10 easy almond recipes for you to try. Here’s how to make chocolate almond cake: Serve this tasty flourless cake with vanilla ice cream or our homemade whipped cream recipe.

Perfect for celebrations

Alex and I made this chocolate almond cake for a special celebration: my birthday! As I’ve grown into my 30’s, birthdays have become a much simpler affair. Today, I’m mainly thankful to be alive, and surrounded by beautiful, wonderful, loving and life-giving people. After being diagnosed with leukemia in my late 20’s, as positive and pain-free as my treatment has been, it’s made life that much dearer. Readers, know that every kind note and comment here has been a light to me. We hope you enjoy these chocolate almond cakes in whatever celebration you find yourself, be it a birthday, anniversary, life-event, or any special day!

Looking for easy dessert recipes?

This chocolate almond cake so simple to make! Here are a few more of our favorite easy dessert recipes:

Simplest Applesauce CakeBliss Bites (Healthy No-Bake Cookies)Baked Bananas with Toasted CoconutEasy Bananas FosterChewy Pumpkin Oatmeal CookiesGranola Instant Pot Apple CrispPeanut Butter and Jelly BlondiesChocolate Peanut Butter MousseMaple Vegan BlondiesChocolate Tahini Vegan No Bake CookiesChocolate Cherry Dessert BitesBlackberry Vegan Cheesecake BitesFudgy Vegan Brownie Recipe