3 Healthy Cake Recipes that Work Well for Every Occasion

Healthy cakes are the two words that most of us don’t have the privilege of using together in a single sentence. For most of us, a cake is either unhealthy or not exactly a cake. But, the fun fact here is that a cake doesn’t have to be made out of celery and mint to be healthy. Healthy cakes are the ones that are made from scratch using ingredients that are healthy while also being wholesome. It stands for the cake that can easily substitute for the very unhealthy cake made out of ditch processed ingredients that you choose to eat instead.

Healthy cakes may contain ingredients or substituting ingredients like sweet fruits, yogurts or even vegetables that have the content of the perfect amount of sweetness to them. These can easily help reduce the amount of processed sugar and ingredients that are heavy on the stomach from ending up in your cakes.

For someone who values indulgence but values health in the same way, a “healthy” cake that one can munch on whenever, wherever is a healthy way to go!

Here are 3 cake recipes that can work well for every occasion while also being one of the healthiest options!

1. Yogurt cake? Yogurt cake.

This super easy and super inexpensive cake is not only packed with nutrients, but it’s also one of the most economical and yum options when opting for a cake that can feed the entire family. You don’t need many ingredients, and it can be whipped up and bake in the blink of an eye, not literally.

Ingredients you’d need:

• 2 Eggs
• 2 levelled cups of All-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• ½ cup Vegetable oil
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• A single lemon’s Lemon zest
• 1 pinch Salt
• ½ teaspoon Vanilla essence
• Fruit jam for the glaze.
• 1 cup YOGURT!

Prepping and Baking:

1. First things first, heat up that oven to 350F!
2. Grease up the loaf pan that you really thought you weren’t going to use.
3. Whisk up the eggs and sugar in a single bowl.
4. Add the king of the dish, i.e. yogurt!
5. Stir up the vegetable oil, lemon zest from a single lemon and a certain amount of vanilla essence, which suits your taste buds.
6. Next up, add the flour and baking powder and pinch up some salt to go along.
7. Prep the loaf pan, make sure to grease it well and line it with a good quality parchment paper!
8. Pour and scrape off the batter with the help of that magical spatula!
9. Bake the yogurt cake for about 30-45 minutes.
10. Make sure that you don’t disturb it while it’s baking; check it with a skewer only when you really know that it’s done!
11. Remove it from the oven and set it on a rack for it to cool off!
12. Brush it up with apple, apricot, orange, or our favourite lemon jam or glaze to add that yum hit.

On an estimate, this cake has the least amount of calories, amounting up to 287Kcal, it’s loaded with nutrition, and the greatest part is that it doesn’t end up giving you diabetes!

2. An apple cake a day keeps the gloom away!

All the apple fans, and no, we don’t mean the company, NEED this cake in their lives! All this really requires you to exclusively get is yoghurt and fresh apples that will make that “crunch” everybody loves.

Unlike the boxed and processed cake mixes that turn out to taste like flavored and scented sugar, this one will actually taste like apples and, of course, will be far healthier and lighter on the stomach.

All you really need is a couple of clean bowls and one magical spatula of yours!

Ingredients you need:

• 4 crunchy and medium-sized apples
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup yogurt (yes, it’s in almost every recipe we put out!)
• 2 cups of spelt flour
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ divided cinnamon
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 large lemon’s zest
• A pinch of salt

Prepping and Baking:

1. First things first, heat up that oven to 360F!
2. Peel up, core and cut those beautiful crunchy apples into slices.
3. Squeeze up a lemon on them, be mindful of the seeds.
4. On that will go 1/4th teaspoon of cinnamon
5. Grease up that pan of yours; it can be the round one or the loaf one! Make sure to grease it well and line it with a good quality parchment paper!
6. Use a large bowl and whisk up eggs and sugar; it doesn’t have to be fluffy, just really well dissolved!
7. Next up, add oil, lemon zest and yogurt and mix all of that up to form a smooth consistency.
8. Later comes the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Incorporate them well into each other and set them aside.
9. Let the wet ingredients come to rest, and then slowly add the dry ingredients to it.
10. DO NOT OVERMIX! You will lose all beauty.
11. Fold in about 8-10 slices of clean apples.
12. Smooth down the top and add a layer of those dressed apples nicely.
13. Bake for 40 minutes, max!
14. Make sure that you don’t disturb it while it’s baking; check it with a skewer only when you really know that it’s done!
15. Once it’s done and cooled down, you could top it off with the leftover cinnamon If your taste buds allow it!

To go all premium, you could easily set it up on a cake turntable, add up some beautiful homegrown flowers to it and serve when chilled!

3. Let’s get chocolate-ing!

Keto-ing your way through life? Need some chocolate to cheer you up? This. This is the yummy recipe you and your fellow keto-iens need!

These simple, moist, chocolaty, and highly indulgent keto brownies are not just simply perfect; they’re also sugar-free, gluten-free and high key low carb!

Is this what Keto Heaven will have? Yes.

The funny thing is you could feed your non-keto friends you have been trying to convince to get in the business without them realizing these are keto brownies! No, we’re not exaggerating!

Ingredients you need:

• ½ cup water
• ½ vegetable oil
• ½ cup stevia
• ¼ greek yoghurt
• A teaspoon of vanilla extract
• ½ cup coconut powder
• 1 tbsp flax powder; no, it never leaves those who undertake keto.
• 1/2 cup keto friendly cocoa powder
• ¼ tsp of salt
• ¼ cup of sugar-free chocolate chips(optional)

Prepping and Baking

1. First things first, heat up that oven to 360F!
2. Grease up that pan of yours; it can be the brownie tin one or the loaf one! Make sure to grease it well and line it with a good quality parchment paper!
3. Start off with a medium mixing bowl.
4. Whisk up oil, yoghurt, water, vanilla extract, flax powder or flax meal.
5. Set it aside; after 15 minutes, you’d notice that it has started to bubble up as a reaction from the flax meal.
6. After it’s thick enough, add in the real deal!
7. Add coconut flour, cocoa powder and stevia. Mix well.
8. Once mixed, add the baking soda and salt and mix it up until there are no signs of any of them.
9. This step is optional, and it requires you to add chocolate chips or any nuts if you’re feeling a little too cheat-y.
10. Spread the batter in the already prepped tin evenly.
11. You could press in some chocolate chips once it’s evened out.
12. Bake for a maximum of 18 minutes. Set a timer! Shorten the baking time if you want them to be chewier!
13. Make sure that you don’t disturb it while it’s baking; check it with a skewer only when you really know that it’s done!
14. This recipe can lead to perfectly baked 9 brownies.

The fun fact about these recipes is that they can be stored for a week if properly kept in an airtight container. These only have up to 300 Kcal per serving on an average and thus are literally one of the best options for all you crazy health fanatics for almost all occasions!