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Triple Chocolate Cake
8 Servings.
This recipe makes 1 layer of a round cake, so double the recipe if you like.
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup organic cacao powder
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1/3 cup raw, organic honey
- 1 tsp vanilla or other extract (try mint!)
- 1/2 cup melted ghee/butter or Tropical Traditions coconut oil
- 1/2 cup Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips
Directions (mixes easily by hand):
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease a small cake pan very well and dust with coconut flour. For cupcakes, spray 8 lined cupcake tins, or 24 mini cupcakes.
- Combine the cocoa, coconut flour, baking powder, and sea salt.
- Add the eggs, honey, vanilla, and ghee/oil.
- Add in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into pan(s) and spread flat.
- Bake the cake for about 30 minutes. Bake cupcakes for about 20 minutes. (A toothpick should come out clean.) Do not over-bake, or it will be dry.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
- Top with chocolate ganache frosting:
Chocolate Ganache Frosting:
- 1 part high quality chocolate &
- 1/2 part coconut cream, full-fat Greek yogurt, or real cream.
For the cake recipe above, I used:
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips &
- 1/2 cup coconut cream
(To cover 1 layer of a round cake or 8 cupcakes.)
(I like to use Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips, because they're dairy & soy free, & Native Forest Organic Coconut Cream, which comes in BPA-free cans.)
Directions:
- In a small saucepan on the stove, heat up the coconut cream over medium heat.
- Add in the chocolate and take off the burner. You want it to melt, not cook.
- Stir until the chocolate is melted, thoroughly mixed, and creamy.
- Add in optional flavor extract.
- Allow to completely cool for approx 45 minutes. If it's a warm day, you may need to chill it slightly in the fridge first.
- Whip with an electric mixer until nice and fluffy. Be patient, this will take several minutes. The chocolate will turn from dark to light brown.
- Spread on a completely cooled baked item.
- Enjoy!
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What is coconut cream?
Hi Aleda, coconut cream is similar to coconut milk, it just contains less water. It's a wonderful non-dairy substitute for other creams!
I'm new to all of this stuff. I eat keto foods. I don't eat paleo though. What makes this amazing cake paleo qualified?
Hi Kim, I'm not really a fan of labels like "paleo" ; but what really matters is that all ingredients are from natural, simple, whole foods that are rich in health-supportive nutrients. No chemical ingredients or refined flours or sugars, which are health depleting. To learn more, get my free e-book that comes with my newsletter. ;-)
I am trying to eat more healthy the problem is food allergies , can I use artificial vanilla? I am allergic to vanilla bean to name one of several healthy items,some I can have in small doses once a week and days apart.
Hi Debbie, I can't say if artificial vanilla is ok for you. Every one is different and you may want to ask your allergist. (I never recommend anything artificial anyway.) Maybe you can just leave it out.
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