Eating a slice or two of Chocolate Cake sometimes makes one feel guilty especially when you are on diet, little wonder it’s called Guilty Pleasure, but not to worry some experts have found out that eating Chocolate Cake might have some health benefits.
It’s tough to find out one who does not like bakery products like cakes and chocolate cakes are on the top of the list. From 8-80, it is favourite to all, no matter what the age is or when to eat. To consume a delicious Chocolate Cake is always fun and pleasing.
New research says that chocolate cakes have incredible health benefits with weight loss facilities. They are good for health and help you shed extra pounds if you take it at a particular time of the day. Especially morning time is the best time to consume sweets like cakes. It is because at that time your metabolism is fast and active. You will easily burn off the extra pounds as your metabolic rate is high in the morning. Don’t allow your body to consume extra calories for the rest of the day.
The research workers continued that the brain is such a body part that needs energy for the day’s tasks. When you consume chocolate cakes early in the morning your body converts food into energy and you have the energy to work for the whole day. A piece of chocolate cake as a part of breakfast includes proteins and carbs in your body to help you perform your routine work more effectively.
A study says people who have heavier breakfast with a dessert like chocolate cake experience a lower level of ghrelin that is known as the hunger-stimulating hormone. This helps them consume less food later in the day. Automatically, it boosts the natural weight loss. Interesting.
Here are some benefits of Chocolate Cake
It is proved that chocolate improves your emotional wellbeing and it has a positive result in boosting your memory.
Not only dark chocolate is good for your brain but it improves your blood circulation and it is good for your heart and soul.
Eating chocolate cakes reduces the risk of strokes.
It is a source of useful minerals like potassium, selenium, and zinc. The impact of these minerals is good on your health.
Cocoa is present in chocolate cakes. It increases the level of good cholesterol (HDL) and reduces the level of bad cholesterol (LDL).
Now, I think this quite an interesting research, but one thing for sure is it feels soo good eat some Chocolate Cake.
Here is a quick recipe for that Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time35 mins
Servings 12
INGREDIENTS
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 cups granulated white sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk or substitute by putting 1 tbsp white vinegar in a cup then filling the rest up with milk; let stand 5 minutes until thickened
1/2 cup butter melted
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup hot coffee or 2 tsp instant coffee in 1 cup boiling water
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch baking pans (or line with parchment paper circles) and set aside.
In the large bowl of a standing mixer, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add eggs, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla extract and beat until smooth (about 3 minutes). Remove bowl from mixer and stir in hot coffee with a rubber spatula. Batter will be very runny.
Pour batter evenly between the two pans and bake on middle rack of oven for about 35 minutes, until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean with just a few moist crumbs attached.
Allow to cool 15 minutes in pans, then run a butter knife around the edges of each cake. Place a wire cooling rack over top of each pan. Wearing oven mitts, use both hands to hold the racks in place while flipping the cakes over onto the racks. Set the racks down and gently thump on the bottom of the pans until the cakes release. Cool completely before handling or frosting.
There you have it….Enjoy!!!
