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Sweet Potato and Chocolate Loaf Cake

author

Matt Williamson

serves

8 servings

prep time

23 hours 5 mins

cook time

23 hours 40 mins

published

12/02/2025

A Low FODMAP, Dairy and Gluten Free Cake

This is a very speedy cake to throw together once the sweet potato is cooked, and it’s low FODMAP friendly, and dairy and gluten free. It can be vegan and egg-fee too if you use an egg substitute such as a flax egg or commercial egg alternative.

You can serve it by itself, or with a spoonful of yogurt or low FODMAP friendly yogurt substitute.

I hope you like it!

Sweet Potato and Chocolate Loaf Cake

Ingredients

100g rice flour

100g ground almonds or Brazil nuts

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

75g cocoa powder

200g raw cane sugar, or soft brown sugar

A pinch of salt

250g cooked, peeled & cooled sweet potato, mashed

200ml olive oil

3 eggs

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C fan/180°C/gas mark 4. Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin with baking parchment.
  2. Mix the rice flour, ground almonds, bicarbonate of soda, cocoa powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
  3. Blend the sweet potato in a food processor or blender, then add the eggs one at a time, whizzing between each addition. (You can do this by hand if you don’t have a blender or food processor).
  4. Pour in the oil and process until smooth.
  5. Add the sweet potato mixture to the dry ingredients and mix to combine.
  6. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for about 40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean and the cake is firm to touch.
  7. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then remove from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

Our Favourite Sweet Potato Cake Recipe

Sweet potato is an underrated ingredient in dessert and baking recipes, and this hero ingredient works well with cocoa powder in both brownies and cakes. This cake is suited for a range of dietary requirements - low FODMAP, gluten free/ coeliac, dairy free, and can be made vegan - so is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

By Matt Williamson

Field Doctor Head of Food

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