Hi, Kate – I will definitely try this as its a friend’s birthday and he is doing so well at Slimming World but loves cake. I haven’t made it for weeks – reckon it’s about time I cranked the oven up! As for ‘toxic’ Splenda, I use it because I choose to use it. Each to their own. If you fancy making these and adding a little bit extra, you could drizzle white chocolate over the top to make them really stand out, but if you do that, don’t forget you would have to Syn the extra chocolate. Yes, the recipe is correct. And if you want a “healthy” cake, why are you using toxic Splenda? 4 tblsp sweetner- 2 I’m just a girl .. that loves cake … that’s trying to help other people struggling with their weight. Add a little when cool cos I find the mix a bit thick. This is also a great recipe if you’re avoiding gluten or if you are a diabetic. That means that each square comes in at 4 syns each. Hi Matt, I’m new to slimming world, just joined! makes 16 – 1 syn per cupcake. ?❤️❤️, Unfortunately this is not half a syn per slice. I’ve got white chocolate options to try as well . That’s really not that much when you think about the yummy treat you’re going to have once you have a perfect slimming world day! Dan Cake Rum Truffle Cakes, Mini (12g each) – 2½ syns; Dan Cake Rum Truffle Cakes, Mini (12g each) – 3 syns; Fibre One Range. Just a quick question… what size eggs are you using – medium or large? Tia x. I think I’ve used 2 before – trial and error, depending on how sweet you like it. If you have any queries or questions about my blog or any reviews then please contact me. No more nagging for takeaways, although he does have the occasional pizza, he’s now asking for apples and yogurts! Some sponsored posts and advertising may occur. And that’s where this recipe for Slimming World Chocolate Cake comes in. VERY chocolatey as opposed to sweet, but it hits the spot! Thank you for reading and please remember you can always follow my blog via email to receive up to date posts and maybe find something to like. I am diabetic and this is perfect for me. As summer gets into a groove many of us feel the seasonal shift toward refreshing, fruity, fancy fizzy drinks of a Saturday evening. Fab recipes. As for real sugar vs. sweetener, I’ve already had the Splenda police on my back today so I’d say if you want to use sugar, use it and syn it – life’s too short x. oh, I appreciate your post, I hope it didnt come off sounding negative! Thanks for another lovely recipe. Chocolate cake is ideal for any occasion, it is very quick and simple to make, meaning that you can whip one up if people turn up unexpectedly, or if you need a treat to go in a lunch box for work, school, college or university. It’s not a Chocolate Fudge cake I’m afraid lol … but we like it. 5 when using Sukrin:1) Say, what? Not sure what happened, I can still taste the sweetner in my mouth horrible, I have made cakes before slimming world but didn’t like this one. It was also easy to make and didn’t take too long so I thought I’d share it with you. I only use half the cocoa. The mixture should look something like this – I’ve added a little drop of water to soften it, Fold in the egg whites to the chocolate mixture, Pour mixture into your desired tin – I’ve used a regular loaf tin, The cake has risen nicely, but expect it to drop a little when it cools. They are also great for an evening treat or even an adult or children’s party and I know your guests won’t be able to tell the difference. Add all the ingredients into a food processor or a smoothie maker such as Nutribullet. Mix your egg whites until they form soft peaks, If you’re following Slimming World, you’ll be interested in knowing how many syns each slice contains and I’ve worked it out to, 3 ingredient and virtually syn free chocolate cake | Desserts and Decoupage, Slimming World Sunday | First Weigh In | Mum Reinvented, How to Avoid Cheating on Your Diet - Mum ReinventedMum Reinvented, Slimming World Sunday | Weigh in Number Three - Mum ReinventedMum Reinvented. To serve, I’d add some fresh fruit, perhaps raspberries and strawberries, and a dollop of plain fat-free yogurt. I don’t taste the sweetener – not sure it’s because we might be using different brands? Eating healthy can be tough, especially if you like chocolate or cake, well this Slimming World Low Syn Chocolate Cake give you the best of all worlds, chocolate, cake and you can eat it on Slimming World, what’s not to like? Kate, thank you for taking the time to post these recipes that we are all to lazy to discover ourselves. Sponge Cake Recipe (12 Syns whole cake) or 12 cupcakes @ 1 Syn each! ' ... Slimming World Oat Biscuits Slimming World Baked Oats Slimming World Muffins Weetabix Cake Slimming World Slimming World Chocolate Cake. I would like to kick start my week on Monday with a good eating plan . Check out my about page for information on sponsored posts! I am doing SW and my 12 year old needs to eat more healthily but has a very sweet tooth so this might just do the job! I’m going by what Google has told me, but I’m not a nutritionist – I’m just trying to help you guys out by working it out as best as I can. If you cut them into 25 squares they then add up to 1/2 a syn a square, I think maybe you just don’t cook them for as long if you’re making brownies? As this is doing the rounds again wanted to remind members. This recipe is the same as slimming world choc brownies which is 12.5 syns not 8. (I divided my loaf into 8 slices.) ), The mint one is lovely! Also fantastic takeaway alternative (Fakeaways). Slimming World Lemon Drizzle Cake (8 syns in total!) Would dramatically reduce the syn value in the cake. Still if you get 8 slices it is only 3 per slice…I wanted to use real sugar too… , Hi Gilean. Baked for 15 – 18 minutes, based upon your oven. Dinners, desserts and snacks designed to fit in with your Syn allowance for Extra Easy, Original and Green plans. 2 syns for Elmlea Single (alternative to single cream – add 1 extra syn if using single cream instead) Six syns for an entire chocolate fondant, which might set you back 15 or 20 syns in a restaurant, is really pretty low making this perfect for special occasions when … If you’re following Slimming World, you’ll be interested in knowing how many syns each slice contains and I’ve worked it out to approximately 1-2 syns per slice. I think you will find that cocoa powder is 1 syn per TEASPOON, which trebles the syn value…1 tsp of cocoa weighs 2.46 grams, if you round that up to 2.5 and divide it into 60, that makes 24 syns. That topping sounds delicious too! That’s strange Paul, everyone else loved it Maybe try cutting down on sweetener and use Options instead? Haha! Typically this has us reaching for cider, wine … Mmm. x, You wouldn’t need as much splenda then as the Highlights/Options are already sweetened, I made this cake with 55g choc orange options 60g sweetener and 6 eggs,it tasted gorgeous and it’s only 7.5 syns .x, I really want to try it with this – I’ve bought choc/orange too so I’ll try that next time too , Mmm I. I’m definitely trying it this way thanks for the info. Hello I am making this cake for my birthday I was wondering how long you have to back it in the oven for? I made the above recipe this evening and I think I need to adjust the cocoa down to maybe 50g I always use large organic eggs, but these things are trial and error – I’d suggest making it with whatever eggs you have and just adjust if you need to next time. Thanks again and good luck to you too x, I’ve made this today, and as I managed to spill the jar of Splenda it was only about 60 g that I got in but tasted good, with fruit and syn free yogurt, Splenda gets everywhere doesn’t it lol! 2 teaspoons orange or vanilla essence (up to you) Topping. This website may use affiliate links. and it tasted the same so it might be worth experimenting. My nephew is getting married next year his fiancé looked amazing been going to slimming world . Many thanks, Hayley. Please, just use this as a guide and try to work out the syns yourself, based on your own calculations – I don’t want to be held to ransom on this one! 2 tblsp cocoa powder- 5 syns But as you’ve kindly taken the time to point this out to me, I’ll edit this post. I have worked out it is 3 syns a slice. These Slimming World Low Syn Chocolate Cake Square give you everything that you truly need. Ingredients Eggs, separated – 4 Tub of park – 1 Baking powder – 1 tsp Sweetener – 5 tbsp Vanilla extract – 1/2 tsp Fromage frais – 3 tbsp Fresh fruits of your choice Raspberries and strawberries For a first attempt, I’m really impressed. Use sweetener to taste too. I was worried it wouldn’t be as chocolatey as the original recipe (I made that one a few weeks ago) but it still tastes chocolatey and really curbs that sweet craving. My point is, I’m just trying to help. Please remember that Slimming World can and do change syn values to certain ingredients, so please double check, this is currently 3 syns a square – correct as of March 2019. Have you managed to try your recipe using the highlights ? I’m thinking to myself — this has the potential to be a game changer. Jeanetta. could do with shifting a couple of pounds and also can’t have gluten wham bam thank you ma’am x. I’m definitely going to try this, thank you. Glad you enjoyed it Sarah , Hiya, do you know if it freezes or how long ut stays fresh, thanks.x, I’m afraid it never lasts that long in our house! Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and whisk gently until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth. 1 … There are 271 calories in 70g of sugar, but maybe you wouldn’t need that much? View more posts. I don’t find myself particularly hungry on the Slimming World eating plan but I do find myself wanting something chocolatey at around 11am. Separate the eggs and in one bowl, mix the egg whites until they form soft peaks. In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. OMG chocolate fix heaven, going to take receipe to my slimming world group on Tuesday. Cant be good all the time!!! Once baked, the cake is lovely and risen but it will collapse on itself a little once cooled, but don’t worry. Like you I got fed up with all most being treated like you came from another planet. Just made this for my partners birthday and it’s perfect! I absolutely love this recipe I’m forever making it , I don’t use cocoa I use Belgium choc options or choc n orange options , I also spread a teaspoon of Nutella on the cake it’s awesome thankyou xx, I’m still to try it out using Options, but I love the idea of a choc/orange cake – yum! I got all the ingredients in to make this but just done a double take on the amount of sweetener used as this means using nearly a full jar of sustitute sugar 70 grams is this right? Morrisons Sweet and Salty rice cakes, 1.5 syns each. Brilliant. It depends how big your slice is Carol lol! EDIT:  The syn police have been in touch (Feb 2017) and rightly pointed out that since I wrote this post A YEAR AGO, sweetener is now synned. Hi Susan. And quite frankly, I didn’t/don’t have the time or inclination to go back into all my recipes and add the disclaimer, figuring that if people follow SW, they know what IS and ISN’T synned. Also, you could reduce the cooking time slightly, bake in a tray and cut into smaller squares making Slimming World Chocolate Brownies – and each square would be even less syns. I’d advise everyone to work out their own syns and I think I say in the post that I’ve tried my best to work out the syns but cocoa powder brands and amounts are variable, so you’d need to work out your own. Hi Anne – I wrote this a year ago before sweetener was a syn. Simply mix the 3 tbsp of sugar free icing with the Choc Shot and water then drizzle over the cake to … Going to try this cake loos and sounds delicious. Am doing slimming world and this would be something to look forward to. whey hey! If you try it, do let me know how you got on . I made these for work and no one knew that is was a Slimming World recipe, so that’s a win right? It was delicious, well the small piece I got to have after my son and his girlfriend attacked it. So glad you liked it! — Slimming Survival | Recipes | Tips | New Finds. Being on a healthy eating plan means that I generally think about chocolate a lot more than usual. Hi Frances. I’ll be honest, I didn’t weigh a teaspoon of cocoa powder so I’ll take your word on that one, and I googled the best answer I could and tried to work it out for everybody. All you need are some pistachios, shredded coconut, coconut oil, bitter sweet chocolate chips, agave and coconut cream and about 2 hours. And that’s my maths done for the month! That’s so interesting Ruth, that the syn value is so different in cocoa powders! I recently had the opportunity to try Black Tower’s new offering - B Secco White and B Secco Rosé. I’m desperate to try them!!!??? Thanks for sharing the recipe :). But if it works, it would mean you could have chocolate/mint, chocolate/orange cake etc – yum! Pour the mixture into the lined baking tin. about £4.22. I only had 58g of sweetener and 3 x 11g sachets of Options. As I have found with cutting out fats and sugar, you need all the free flavour enhancers that you can possibly get! You could even use Cadbury highlights instead of cocoa to lower the syns even more and if you use a flavoured one (ie orange/mint) you don’t even need the vanilla essence! I have just made this cake using 50g sweetener and 50g chocolate and orange options, it is lovely and could even use less sweetener as it is rather sweet. Morrisons cocoa powder is around half the syns of some others, halving the syn value again. You might need something sweet with it, but it’s a great chocolate hit! Now I’ve been pulled up on this point, saying I’m not right. I completely understand why people do it, I’ve even done it myself, but I quickly learnt that a little bit of what you fancy is a good thing and will actually compliment a healthy eat or weight loss journey. I worked it out this way. Separate the eggs and in one bowl, mix the egg whites until they form soft peaks. As the sweetener taste is quite strong, I mixed up a huge cream topping that was virtually syn free. x. Your email address will not be published. Some people are banging on about it being like chocolate omelette but I honestly don’t know what they’re talking about – it’s lovely! I know, strange people. I will tell you now, no one will know that these cake bits are healthy, they will think this is a full fat regular cake. But like I say below, you’re all grown ups, you can do the syn research yourself I’m sure. We’re all grown ups and can take responsibility for checking out the latest syns without your negative remarks. Regarding bread and chocolate, I’ve weaned myself off bread (I was a big fan – big being the operative word!) 60g of cocoa powder is approximately 8.5 tablespoons (according to Google, as each tablespoon is 7.38g) and it’s 1-1.5 syns per tablespoon. mint double chocolate ice cream lollies or vanilla ice cream sandwich with chocolate biscuits, 100ml each - 6 I’ve just made this for some girlfriends. 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