I’m still in Texas (more on that later) so in the meantime, why not bake a cake?
This is another “healthy” recipe from the archives. This cake is incredibly light and also not overly sweet. It’s fantastic topped with peanut butter or freshly whipped cream (or, both?) and I’d even go so far as to say it’s practically a breakfast cake. Chocolate cake and nutella for breakfast? I’m in.
The preparation is simple and you don’t need any fancy kitchen appliances…just a good old fashioned spoon and bowl. I love that.
So….what are you waiting for?
Half Spelt Chocolate Cake
makes one cake layer
1/2 cup spelt flour + 1/2 cup unbleached flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
pinch of sea salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch cinnamon
tiny pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 ¼ cup buttermilk
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350. Sift together all dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine milk and the rest of the wet ingredients. Add dry to wet and mix. Pour batter into a prepared 9 inch cake pan and bake for 20 minutes.
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Yum! Could use some of that right now
Chocolate cake is always a good choice!
For once, I have spelt flour in my pantry. Woohoo!
I’ve been wanting to bake with spelt flour for a while now – this looks like a good recipe to start with!
Wow that would be an AWESOME breakfast. It would make being back to work not so bad after all.
I could go for Nutella-topped chocolate cake right about now. Or, really, Nutella on anything.
I love the little hint of hotness in chocolate cake. It really brings out the bitter tones
That is what I forgot at the store last night, Nutella! Adding it back onto my shopping list…
What does the finished cake look like? I hope everything is okay over there, Jenna.
cake for breakfast sounds good to me! good thing i have spelt flour ready to go…
hope you guys are OK! at least it’s an adventure, right?
Sounds tasty!
Do you have a photo of the finished product?
Sounds pretty yummy. Hope everything is okay and those kidney stones are passed soon!
I hope y’all aren’t caught in all the rain and wind from Hermine. Love the recipe-will have to make it for my taste testers, aka, my kids.
Cake is always a good choice. Especially on rainy days, is it raining over there?
I have spelt flour in my pantry, now I have something to make with it! lol
Hope you make it home soon:) Thanks for the chocolate cake recipe…looks great! And I had not thought to use Nutella on chocolate cake….makes perfect sense though!
You can’t go wrong with chocolate!
You are back and you brought us cake! Awesome recipe, honestly I have not baked so much with spelt flour, so looking forard to this and a few other recipes using it.
Thanks Jenna!
yum! I’m stopping to pick up cocoa powder on my way home from work!
Have never used spelt flour. Might have to try it
You had me at Peanut Butter.
I love that you use real sugar in your recipes. I’ve been doing that myself lately and it makes all the difference.
This looks delish! It really IS healthy too. I haven’t used spelt flour yet, but I’ve been meaning to grab some from the Whole Foods bulk bins.
Thanks for the recipe!
interesting- what do you think the spelt does to the texture?
That sounds incredible. I might just have to go buy some spelt flour…
I ate Nutella every day that I was in Italy… its truly life changing.
I have never tried spelt flour, or nutella for that matter. Hmmm…..
I love love love adding a bit of cayenne to chocolate baked goods!
A cake that only requires a spoon and a bowl! Now you’re talking. And it has chocolate, yes please!! Who doesn’t love an easy chocolate cake?
That looks like a cupcake recipe I make (one bowl always a good thing).
ooh. Yum that looks delicious!
Are you moving here?
You’re never coming back from Texas, are you?
for the record, this cake is tagged as: cake, chocolate, and heathy.
thank you.
Cayenne in cake? I have to try this!! Thank you.
my living room just got painted that color! haha..kk off subject! seriously someone better make this for me for my birthday. OOOOOHH SO YUMIIII!! <3
love when u get time to bake some cakes <3
This sounds like my kind of recipe!! I love that you put cayenne in it!
this cake looks great! almost like chocolate bread. yum!