Weight Watchers Recipes
Sugar Free Flourless Chocolate Cake 5 Points per slice with the ganache
This Sugar Free Flourless Chocolate Cake is a chocolate lover’s dream. It’s the ultimate chocolatey, rich, decadent, sugarless, flourless chocolate cake you’ll ever make! Best dessert ever!
Ingredients
- 1 cup ( 128 grams) sugar free chocolate chips – I like to use Lily’s no sugar added chocolate chips or ChocZero no sugar added chocolate chips. The point value is the same for either brand.
- 1/2 cup light butter- I use Land o’ Lakes light butter made with canola oil
- 3/4 cup zero point white granulated sugar sweetener – I use Lakanto monkfruit baking sweetener
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup dutch process cocoa powder-You can find Dutch process cocoa powder at your local grocery store-near the regular cocoa powder
- 1 to 2 tsp espresso powder, optional. The espresso powder enhances the chocolate’s flavor. If you use 1 teaspoon it will simply enhance the chocolate flavor, while 2 teaspoons will lend a hint of mocha to the cake.
Chocolate Ganache:
- 1/2 cup ( 64 grams) free chocolate chips. I use Lily’s or ChocZero no sugar added chocolate chips
- 2 Tbsp heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Spray an 8-Inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cut a piece of parchment to fit the bottom of the pan. Place it in the bottom of the pan and spray it with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Put the sugar free chocolate and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl, and heat until the butter is melted and the chips are soft, about one minute.
- Stir until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Continue cooking in increments of 10 seconds at a time and stir.
- Add the sweetener, espresso, and vanilla extract and stir to combine.
- Add the eggs and stir until smooth. Then add the dutch process cocoa powder and stir until just combined. Important TIP: Don’t over mix.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 25-28 minutes.
- Let the cake cool for 10 minutes before loosening the edges of the pan with a knife.
- Carefully turn it upside down onto a cake plate or serving plate. The bottom of the cake will now be the top of the cake. Let the cake cool completely.
- While the cake is cooling, make the chocolate ganache.
- Combine the chocolate and cream in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and heat for 30 seconds.
- Remove from the microwave, and stir until the the chocolate melts and the mixture is smooth. If it needs to be melted more, continue cooking in increments of 10 seconds.
- Spread the chocolate ganache glaze evenly over the cooled cake.
- Refrigerate at least 1/2 hour before serving. This allows the ganache to set up and it gives the cake a nice fudgy texture.
- Cut the cake into 12 even slices. Note: the servings are on the smaller side-but trust me-this chocolate cake is rich and decadent-it will satisfy you chocolate cake craving!
- Garnish with powdered sugar and raspberries, for additional points. This flourless chocolate cake is also great with cool whip or a low point vanilla ice cream.
5 Points® per slice with the ganache
Notes
Smartpoints:
GREEN: 8 smartpoints per serving*with the Chocolate Ganache 7 smartpoints per serving without the garnish
BLUE/PURPLE: 5 PersonalPoints™ per serving*with chocolate ganache
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days! This tastes even better the next day!
- Freeze for up to 1 month. Wrapping the cooled cake in foil or store in an airtight freezer container.
- The Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener (sugar substitute) that is used in this recipe is zero points. Please keep in mind-the point value can vary depending on the brand of sugar substitute you choose to use.
The Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener has a 1:1 ratio to real sugar. If you use a different sugar substitute you will want to use the equivalent to real sugar that is recommended on back of the sugar substitute package. - Point value does not include optional toppings.