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Guilt-free Almond Cocoa Apple Trail Cake

Load up on guilt-free chocolate cake for recovery. (spartan.com)
Load up on guilt-free chocolate cake for recovery. (spartan.com)

Women especially are gonna love this recipe, for you get to eat cake! Healthy cake, I might add, so put on your training shoes, and eat cake.

Chocolate and apple has just about all the right nutrients to fuel your post-workout recovery. Mix everything up, pop in the oven and ring up your girl friends for tea. They’ll be impressed for sure!

Almond Cocoa Apple Trail Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 cup almond butter
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 cup cane sugar (completely optional)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup buckwheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/3 cup cocoa or cacao

Directions

  1. Mix together.
  2. Bake for 40 minutes in 9 x 9 pan at 300F.

Source: Spartan.com