Everyone loves a good moist chocolate cake. This chocolate cake is a great way to use up extra sourdough starter that you may have on hand. Sourdough starter give the cake a lovely texture and just a bit of tang.

You may be surprised at the non-traditional flours called for in this cake recipe. Rye, cocoa, and peanut flours give it a great taste and texture.
I use sourdough starter that had not been fed for a few days. This is called discard or inactive starter. To read more about sourdough starter, read this blog post–It’s all about Sourdough!

This is my little jar of starter–it has made many loaves of bread and is the parent to over 2000 starters that I have shipped or given to people.
There are a number of sugar-free chocolate chips that sweetened with erythritol and stevia. Bake Believe and ChocZero Chocolate Chips are two of the kinds that I do use. Trim Healthy Mama also has stevia sweetened chocolate chips.

Sourdough Chocolate Cake THM E, Sugar-free, Dairy-free
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons rye flour
- 1/3 cup oat flour
- 1/2 cup de-fatted peanut flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar Sweetener or Gentle Sweet
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unfed/discard sourdough starter
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon Blackstrap Molasses
- Nonfat Greek Yogurt, Chocolate Syrup, and sugar-free Chocolate Chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, whisk together rye, oat, peanut flours, cocoa powder, sweetener, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk together starter, almond milk, applesauce, vanilla, eggs, and Blackstrap Molasses together until fairly smooth. Whisk dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
- I will use 4 and 8-ounce canning jars to bake individual servings of cake. This makes a great serving portion control. I add the lids and rings will the jars are still hot.
- 1 teaspoon of sugar-free Chocolate Chips will be 1.5 grams of fat. There is 1 gram of fat per serving of cake from the eggs.




I bake the cakes in small jars for individual servings. After they are baked, I put the lids and rings on to keep them fresh. These store very well.
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Sourdough Chocolate Cake, THM E, Sugar-free, Dairy-free
Ingredients
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons rye flour
- 1/3 cup oat flour
- 1/2 cup de-fatted peanut flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar Sweetener or Gentle Sweet
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unfed/discard sourdough starter
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon Blackstrap Molasses
- Non-fat Greek Yogurt, Chocolate Syrup, a few Sugar-free Chocolate Chips
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, whisk together rye, oat, peanut flours, cocoa powder, sweetener, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a separate bowl, whisk together starter, almond milk, applesauce, vanilla, eggs, and Blackstrap Molasses together until fairly smooth. Whisk dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 baking pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Serve with Non-fat Greek Yogurt, Chocolate Syrup, and a few Sugar-free Chocolate Chips
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I will use 4 and 8-ounce canning jars to bake individual servings of cake. This makes a great serving portion control. I add the lids and rings will the jars are still hot.
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1 teaspoon of sugar-free Chocolate Chips will be 1.5 grams of fat. There is 1 gram of fat per serving of cake from the eggs.
You will find many more recipes in the spiral bound 600+ page Around the Family Table Cookbook. All recipes are sugar-free and label with the correct fuel. Books can be purchased using this link. I do send small jars of mature sourdough starter at your request and I ask that you cover the cost of shipping/packing. PM me if you would like to receive a small jar of mature starter. You may also request a small jar of free sourdough starter with the purchase of a cookbook. Buy It Now.


Good cake, very easy to make. A little on the dry side. Next time I think I will make a frosting to help with the drying
Is 1 cup of cocoa powder correct? That seems like a lot, especially when there’s only 1/2 cup of sweetener. 🤔
Yes, the amount of cocoa is correct
Can the flour be substituted? I only have white wheat right now but this sounds really good!
You would have to mix the sourdough starter, milk and flour together and allow it to ferment 7 hours to be on-plan.
I almost cried when I found this – I am allergic to wheat and barley but not rye and have been making a rye starter. My family is also dairy-free. My son turns 8 next month and requested sourdough chocolate cupcakes for his birthday! Thank you so much for developing this recipe <3
Wonderful!..so glad it will be off help to you!
What can I use instead of peanut flour? I am allergic to nuts!
You could use most cocoa.
This may be a silly question but could I substitute the rye flour and oat flour with THM baking blend?
There is only two of us, I see this is 15 servings. I like the idea of baking in individual glass canning jars and I thought perhaps I could pop them out to freeze but maybe not without liberally greasing them. Do you have suggestions on how to enjoy this without waste for a smaller family?
If you are using the jars you can even freeze in the jars. I have already.
Questionpalooza:
How much batter are you putting in the 4 and 8oz canning jars? Greasing first? How long to bake these?
Also, curious as to not cooling before adding the lids/rings? What does this do? Thanks for your help and time!
I fill the jars 1/2 full. I spray each jar with Pam Spray. If you put the lids and rings on right away the jars seal and keep the cake moist.