Grain Free, Sugar Free, Vegan Brownie Bake!

Hello!

I'm going to start off this post with this picture, simply because this cupcake was amazing...

That beauty is the s'mores cupcake from Sprinkles Cupcakes in Beverly Hills. Cort and I stopped by Saturday afternoon and it did not disappoint. As soon as I read the description for this I was sold... "graham cracker-lined Belgian dark chocolate cake filled with bittersweet chocolate ganache and topped with toasted marshmallow frosting." Yeah I'm not sure how you could say no to that. 

So there is less than 2 weeks of classes left and I am totally overwhelmed with the amount of information I am expected to memorize for finals. And on top of that Cort and I are moving out in 12 days so we are trying to get everything together. We did end up finally ordering a really awesome couch and dining room table for our new place so I am SO excited to move in and set everything up!!

Anyways, when I don't feel like memorizing facts that I will most likely forget in a month, I procrastinate with baking. I decided to try and make a healthy brownie recipe that includes absolutely NO artificial sweeteners or added sugar... no maple syrup, agave, stevia, protein powder etc.

For the wet ingredients I ended up using a nice ripe banana for some sweetness, half of an avocado to make it nice and creamy, unsweetened applesauce to replace the egg, and some almond milk. All natural ingredients all the way baby!

For the dry ingredients I used coconut flour, almond flour, flax meal, cinnamon, unsweetened cocoa powder, and baking powder.

 Mix it all together and you have yourself a grain free, sugar free, vegan brownie bake! (At this point I was tempted to just eat all of the batter because there is no egg and it tasted like chocolate pudding).

Grain Free, Sugar Free, Vegan Brownie Bake Recipe 

Serves 4

Ingredients: 

1/2 of an avocado

1 ripe banana

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

1/2 cup almond milk 

3 Tbsp coconut flour

2 Tbsp almond flour

1 Tbsp ground flax meal 

2 Tbsp cinnamon 

2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp baking powder 

Directions:

1. Mash avocado and banana together with a fork until relatively smooth

2. Mix in applesauce and almond milk

3. Mix in the rest of the ingredients 

4. Put in cupcake tins, a cake tin, or a bread tin and bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 min 

It came out of the oven looking pretty fabulous, but I will admit the texture is a bit gooey so you may want to add more flour. 

I had a huge piece with some frozen greek yogurt, and chocolate PB2 mixed with almond milk to get a thick peanut-buttery sauce to put on top! Perfect!

Dinner was also quite delicious. I made myself a mixture of cauliflower rice, lentils, steamed broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, and kale.

And for all of the meat lovers out there, Cort's dinner will probably be more appealing...

He made a stir-fry with sausage, orange peppers, sweet potato, avocado, tomatoes, and cauliflower rice. Quite the Chef, I was impressed! 

Okay well that is all for now, I hope everyone has an awesome week!