Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- ¾ cup coconut flour, sifted
- ¼ cup cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 10 large eggs
- 1 cup grapeseed oil or palm shortening
- 1½ cups agave nectar or honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon orange zest
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine flour, cacao, salt and baking soda
- In a large bowl using an electric hand blender, blend eggs, oil, agave nectar, vanilla and orange zest
- Add dry ingredients into large bowl and continue to blend
- Oil (2) 9 inch springform pans and dust with coconut flour
- Pour batter into pans and bake at 325°F for 35-40 minutes
- Remove from oven, allow to cool completely then remove from pans
- Frost and serve
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
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Vegan Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup grapeseed oil or palm shortening
- 2 tablespoons agave nectar or honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- pinch celtic sea salt
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over very low heat, melt chocolate and grapeseed oil
- Stir in agave, vanilla and salt
- Place frosting in freezer for 15 minutes to cool
- Remove from freezer and whip frosting with a hand blender until it is thick and fluffy
- Frost over cake
- Serve
Prep Time 5 minutes
Freeze Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
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This frosting recipe is one of my all time favorites –I have been known to eat it by the spoonful and like to spread it on gluten free crackers.
The chocolate vegan frosting above is a nice complement to my Vanilla Cupcakes (made from almond flour) recently featured in the Denver Post. Go ahead and see for yourself on your next special occasion or for no reason at all!
Robin Freeman says
Elana- I have to admit, I was a little skeptical never having used coconut flour before… the chocolate cake & frosting was AMAZING!!! I substituted half coconut oil for grapeseed oil so the frosting was stiffer than perhaps with just oil, it was fantastic. Our family has some pretty hard to beat chocolate cake recipes but my teenage daughter said this one was the ‘best ever!’. Thanks!!!
Abigail says
Yum!! I only put in a half cup of agave nectar and replaced the rest with grapeseed oil since I really have to limit my sugars. I made cupcakes and a small bread pan of the cake. I also made a chocolate pudding to serve over it. Thank you for the recipe!!
mel says
hi has anyone a resipie for coconut flour pasta???
im on liter life and your allowed no carbs but on maintance its low carbs all the way
elana says
Sarah,
Your cake/filling/frosting combo sounds AMAZING!
Thanks for stopping by and for letting us know about your adjustments to the chocolate frosting.
Elana
Sarah says
I just made this frosting…it is sooo yummy! I’m going to put it on a banana cake and I’m going to use the coconut frosting for the filling. I can’t wait to eat it all together!!
I did add about 2tbs coconut milk to the chocolate frosting while I was blending it. It made it a bit thicker and added a creaminess I was missing.
Thanks for the great recipes!
elana says
Eileen,
Please see my faq’s for more info on substitutions.
Thanks,
Elana
Eileen says
This looks very good. I am wondering how the cake would taste with coconut oil instead of grapeseed oil and if it would work the same. I’ve never used grapeseed oil before and I have plenty of virgin coconut oil. Would the coconut be overpowering? Perhaps a combination of the two? Also about substituting coconut oil in the frosting. Thanks.
nancy says
Kathleen in MT, I did some research for you and it looks like you can make pasta out of Almond Flour. I found a site that had a recipe, but it used sugar. Although, you may be able to use other natural sweeteners. Good Luck.
elana says
Lorraine-
So glad you stumbled on us over here! Thanks for reporting back on the recipes you’ve made and for letting us know your additions to the bread –sounds delicious.
Elana
lorraine rafuse says
Hi Elana,
Sure glad i stumble apon your website
have tried the choc chip cookies and the easy bread.
i did add cranberries and raison to the bread
was very good
Thanks Lorraine