Whats good about the Chocolate Nut Cake.

1. Almonds : Almonds are good for Brain health, Balances your cholesterol levels and read here for super benefits of almonds. 

2. Walnuts : Walnuts are Good source of Protein for Vegetarians, Good for Heart and read here for 13 super benefits of walnuts.

3. Coconut : coconut is one of the healthiest foods in the world. It has good fat and a great Medium Chain Triglyceride. 

4 main ingredients of Chocolate Nut Cake which are issues

1. Plain flour or maida which is a refined ingredient and not good for health. Healthy eating should aim at avoiding these ingredients completely from your diet and sadly cake uses a lot of it. 

2. Homey : Honey is a refined carb which has zero nutritional value and leads to weight gain and inflammation of the body from many hours after consumption. However, it is healthier than sugar.

3. Dark Chocolate : Buy  85% dark chocolate which will have a nice bitter taste and this is healthy and expensive. Most cake users use a cheaper dark chocolate which is not that healthy. That is the main issue. 

4. Raisins : Sugar is infused to make them sweet. So the less used the better. Maybe you can replace raisins with dates to make it healhier.

Can i eat Chocolate Nut Cake occasionally ?

The fact is that this cake is unhealthy as its made of refined ingredients and not suitable for daibetics and healthy life style. You can eat one slice of cake as a cheat meal. thats it. 

A healthier option to this cake is  faltless sponge cake which is just 148 calories. See how we have cut the calories in the faltless sponge cake.