May Recipe - Chocolate Berry Slice
Who would have thought that you could eat this luscious chocolate cake and still maintain your healthy lifestyle!
Make sure that you use a good quality cocoa powder, not drinking chocolate, and the result will be worthy of any special celebration!
Makes 18 squares
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 45 minutes
Ingredients:
3 eggs
75ml sunflower oil
200ml buttermilk
3/4 cup caster sugar
220g self-raising flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
250g fresh or frozen raspberries, strawberries or blueberries (if using frozen make sure they are unthawed) plus:
250g extra berries, to serve (must be thawed/fresh)
750g low-fat yoghurt
1 Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C with a fan) and lightly spray a 20cmx25cm brownie tin with oil.
2 Using a hand-held beater, beat together the eggs, oil, buttermilk and sugar in a mixing bowl until
well combined.
3 In a seperate bowl sift together the flour, cocoa powder, and bicarb soda. Fold into the egg
mixture then carefully add 250g of the berries and fold to continue.
4 Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake on the centre shelf of the preheated oven for
approximately 45 minutes or until a cake skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle
of the slice. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
5 Cut into 18 squares then carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
6 Serve with extra berries and a dollop of low-fat yoghurt.
Per serve:
Energy - 689kJ / 167kcal
Total fat - 6.1g,
Saturated fat - 1.3g
Monounsaturated fat - 1.7g
Polyunsaturated fat - 2.7g
Protein - 6.4g
Carbohydrate - 20.6g
Fibre - 2.0g
Sodium - 144mg
Cholesterol - 33.1mg
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