Paleo chocolate cake recipe packed with superfood cacao powder and grain-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free! Tastes amazing and kid-friendly!
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Author Sarah | Must Have Mom
Ingredients
For The Cake:
8eggs
1cupcoconut sugarxylitol or erythritol
1cupalmond milkor whole milk or coconut milk
3cupsalmond flour
4teaspoonsbaking powderI use this one
1teaspoonbaking soda
7tablespoonscocao powder
8tablespoons4 oz unsalted grassfed butter, melted or for dairy-free use melted ghee or melted coconut oil
2teaspoonspure vanilla extract
For the frosting
10ozpackage chocolate chips
4tablespoonsghee or grassfed butter
1tablespoonmaple syrup
6whole strawberries
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line the bottom of two 8" round cake pans with parchment paper. To do this I just trace the bottom of the pan onto parchment and then fold it over and cut out so I have two. Grease the sides of the pan with coconut oil and then put parchment in the bottom of each pan. *You may also make this in a 9x13" baking pan.
In a mixer or with a hand-mixer, beat eggs. Add coconut sugar and almond milk and mix together.
Add remaining cake ingredients and mix well.
Divide batter evenly between two cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until the center of the cake is set. Be sure not to over-bake!
Allow to cool before frosting.
For the frosting: Melt chocolate and butter together in a double-boiler. Add maple syrup once chocolate and butter are melted and mix together well. Remove the chocolate from heat. Invert one cake onto a cake plate. Frost the top with frosting lightly. This will be your middle layer of frosting. Then invert the second cake on top of the frosted layer and top with remaining frosting. This should be a light layer of frosting. Leave the sides naked. Top with whole strawberries.
I don't recommend refrigerating this cake as the frosting layer sets very hard. If you don't plan on eating it until the next day I would refrigerate overnight and remove several hours before eating.