Decadent Dark Chocolate Flourless Cake
Ingredients
Cake:
- 3 ripe avocados
- 1 cup date paste (see note below)
- 6 large vegan eggs or 1 1/2 cup non-dairy yogurt or 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons applesauce
- ¾ cup 6 vegan egg whites or aqua faba (chickpea juice)
- 1½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ cup full fat coconut milk
- ½ cup water
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½ tsp Himalayan salt
Icing:
- ½ cup date paste (see note below)
- ½ cup full fat coconut milk
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
- Garnish ideas
Instructions
Bake Cake
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Line bottom part of a spring form pan with aluminum foil. Grease bottom and interior of the pan with coconut oil. Set aside.
- In food processor or blender, add avocados and date paste and blend until super smooth and creamy. Add vegan eggs and process until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients and process until well blended.
- Transfer cake batter to reserved pan and bake in the oven for 28-30 minutes, until top appears dark. Do not overcook.
- Turn the oven off, crack the door open and leave your cake into cool for an hour or two. Then transfer to the refrigerator and cool at least 8 hours.
Mix Icing
- In your food processor, add all ingredients (except cocoa powder) and process until well incorporated.
- Add cacoa powder, about ¼ cup at a time, and process until smooth and creamy. At this point, your icing should have the consistency of chocolate pudding.
Icing Cake
- Take cake out of the refrigerator and place it upside down on a serving plate.
- Pour icing right in the middle of the cake and spread it gently all the way to the edge.
- Drizzle coconut cream over icing and decorate with berries and mint leaves, if desired.
Notes
Date Paste recipe from Detoxinista:
https://detoxinista.com/make-date-paste-healthy-sugar-substitute/ 1 pound pitted dates (about 2 cups tightly packed) plus 1/2 cup of water. Add to high speed blender. Process until very smooth, scraping down the bowl to make sure all of the dates are incorporated.
https://detoxinista.com/make-date-paste-healthy-sugar-substitute/ 1 pound pitted dates (about 2 cups tightly packed) plus 1/2 cup of water. Add to high speed blender. Process until very smooth, scraping down the bowl to make sure all of the dates are incorporated.