Paleo Chocolate Birthday Cake
Delicious Gluten-free, Grain-Free, Dairy-free, Nut-free chocolate cake, perfect for birthday celebrations.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 1 cake 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Cake
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
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Cake Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut flour
- 3/4 cup high quality cacao powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon finely ground sea salt
- 9 eggs
- 3/4 cup coconut oil (butter or ghee), melted (more for greasing pans)
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 3/4 cup brewed coffee (or water)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- parchment paper for lining cake pans
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 cup cold pressed palm shortening
- 3/4 cup (approximately half a can) full fat coconut milk
- 1/3 cup honey (or vegan honey substitute)
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Grease cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
- Combine coconut flour, cacao, baking soda and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, with whisk attachment, whisk the eggs.
- Add the oil/butter/ghee, maple syrup, coffee and vanilla extract and continue to mix until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
- Mix on low speed until the dry ingredients are incorporated – about 30 seconds. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl (you may need to do this a couple of times) and beat cake batter on high speed for about one full minute so that the batter is fluffy.
- Divide batter between the two prepared pans. It will be thick. (Spread it out evenly in the pan)
- Bake for 25 minutes (for 5 inch pans) or 30 minutes (for 9 inch pans) or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack for about 10-15 minutes. Use a knife to loosen the sides of the cake from the pan and turn out onto the wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- [Frosting directions below]:
- Combine all frosting ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on low for about 30 seconds.
- Scrape down sides of bowl and continue beating on high until the frosting is fluffy and thickened
Keywords: Paleo; Gluten-free; grain-free; nut-free; dairy-free; birthday cake