Remember the watermelon cake I made a few days ago? The coconut whipped cream I frosted the cake with was sooo good! I didn’t want to throw the leftover whipped cream away, so I set my mind to baking a coconut flour cake to go with it! The inspiration came from Paleo Spirit. My cake is not nearly as beautiful or quite as “paleo.” The changes I made include swapping 2 eggs for egg whites, the maple syrup for stevia, and 1/2 cup coconut oil for applesauce and plain greek yogurt. I’m glad the cake still turned out rich, moist, and delicious!
Ingredients:
2/3 cup coconut flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
20 packets stevia
4 eggs
6 tbs egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 c coconut oil, melted
1/4 c plain greek yogurt
1/4 c unsweetened applesauce
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl.
2. Whisk eggs and egg whites in a stand mixer. Add remaining wet ingredients to the eggs and mix to combine.
3. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and combine on low speed. Scrape down sides of the bowl. Whip the batter on high speed for 1 minute to make it fluffy.
4. Pour the batter into two greased loaf pans. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
5. Allow to cool and frost with coconut whipped cream.
It’s yummy unfrosted too!
Enjoy with a cup of coffee! 1/4 of a loaf (1/8 of total recipe) is 166 calories, 9 g protein, and 5 g fiber when served unfrosted.
Karolina's Kitchen 
Would it be okay to substitute a liquid sweetener for stevia?
Yes! It should still turn out fine. Were you thinking of using maple syrup or honey?
I’ll probably go with maple syrup. I was thinking of adding about 1/4 cup, unless you suggest otherwise. Thanks so much for replying :)
Of course! I’m glad you’re trying it out. I think maple syrup will enhance the texture of this cake. Taste the batter to make sure it’s sweet enough with 1/4 cup of maple syrup- you may need to use 1/2 cup and cut out some of the applesauce and greek yogurt to get the batter consistency thick enough. Good luck!