Have you ever had a cake so good that you thought cake icing would be extra? I’ve eaten plenty of cakes in my life and I can barely remember a time when this was the case!
So when I created this healthy chocolate cake recipe, I instantly knew it needed a topping. It deserved something similar to Nutella cake frosting, to make it an absolutely perfect chocolate treat. This hazelnut chocolate frosting recipe is dairy-free, gluten-free, refined sugar-free. It’s so delicious you’ll eat it with a spoon before you even top your cake!
It tastes similar to dairy free buttercream frosting, yet this recipe omits the vegan butter and replaces it with soya yogurt for a lower calorie count. If you prefer a cream cheese frosting, you can use the frosting in my carrot cake recipe. The best thing about dairy-free frosting, for me, is that I don’t get a tummy ache. I always end up feeling bloated and suffer from abdominal pains each time I eat something heavy on cream and dairy.
This frosting recipe is so versatile that I was struggling to find a suitable title for it. My first idea was ‘simple vegan chocolate frosting’ because you literally chuck everything into a bowl, whisk for a couple of minutes and you’re done! I also considered ‘healthy chocolate frosting’, yet I wanted vegans to know this recipe is for them too. I finally settled on ‘healthy and vegan chocolate cake frosting’, as ultimately this reflects my blog’s purpose; a celebration of healthy food and vegan recipes.
The recipe makes a batch large enough to frost a 25cm cake. If you’re after cupcake frosting, you can use this recipe too. You’ll have enough frosting to ice around 14 cupcakes. So what makes this recipe so special? 7 simple ingredients that come together to create a heavenly topping that you would have never guessed is healthy!
Decadent Healthy and Vegan Chocolate Forsting
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Electric Hand Mixer
Ingredients
- 1 Can Coconut Milk (NOT Low Fat) Chilled overnight
- 35 g Soya yogurt
- 45 g Cocoa Hazelnut Butter
- 30 g Date Syrup
- 15 g Cocoa Powder
- 30 g Xylitol or powder sweetener of choice
- 30 g Stevia Sweetened Dark Chocolate Melted or vegan chocolate chips if you prefer
Instructions
- Place the dark chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on 900W for 2 minutes. Give the chocolate a stir and microwave for a further 30s until completely melted. Set aside.
- Add all the other ingredients to a mixing bowl and whisk with a hand mixer until all lumps are broken down.
- Mix in the chocolate and whisk for a few more seconds until a light and fluffy consistency is achieved. Do not overmix or your frosting will become watery
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If you use My Fitness Pal to log your food, you can find this recipe listed on the database as ‘The Healthy Malteser Chocolate Hazelnut Frosting’.
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