Chocolate Brownie Layered Cake with Chocolate Avocado Frosting

By karenluvslife

Ingredients

• 2 cup freshly ground nuts and seeds (eg almonds, Brazils, walnuts, sunflower seeds, pepitas, chia or flaxseeds)
• 1 1/2 cup organic coconut sugar
• 1/2 cup organic dried coconut
• 1/3 cup goji berries
• 1/3 cup raw cacao nibs or 3 tbs shaved raw cacao paste
• 2 1/2 tbs raw cacao powder
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla powder
• 1 tsp Maca powder
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup organic coconut oil, rice bran oil or extra virgin olive oil

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from karenluvslife.blogspot.com.au

Preparation

Step 1

Grease a round cake tin and preheat oven
to 180c while you prepare the mixture.

Freshly ground the 2 cup combination of fresh nuts and seeds then add them to a large mixing
bowl with the coconut sugar. Don't worry if there are some chunky bits, they add texture.

Add the dried coconut, goji berries a cacao nibs
if using to the same blender and blend until they are fine and similar consistency as the
nut meals then add to the mixing bowl with the cacao powder, cinnamon, vanilla,
baking powder, Maca and shaved cacao paste if using. Stir thoroughly to combine
all of the ingredients evenly ensuring that the baking powder is properly
dispersed.

Make a well
in the center then add the oil and eggs, give them a quick stir to break up the
eggs and combine them with the oil then fold through the dry ingredients until
you get a thick dough.

Pour into
the cake tin, smooth the top and bake for 40 minutes then either gently press the top to see if it springs back or insert a dry a skewer to see if it is cooked, it should
come out dry when inserted into the center and pulled out. If not continue to
cook until it does. Try not to open the oven too much as it will release too
much heat and affect cooking. It may need up to 50 minutes, turn the heat down to 150-160 if you feel the top is burning.

Cut avocados in half then remove the seed and scoop the flesh into a high speed blender with the rest of the ingredients.

Blend on high until smooth and creamy, test for sweetness and adjust if necessary, you may even want to adjust the chocolate levels as well.

Add the coconut sugar and water to a small pot on medium heat and give it a quick stir to combine the water and sugar. Once that achieved don't stir it again.

Turn heat to low and gently simmer for 4-5 minute lifting the pot and giving it a gentle swirl to move the mixture around.

Lay the walnuts onto a heat proof dish or tray then pour the caramel mixture over them making sure all nuts are covered, let cool the refrigerate until set.

Combine the fruit mince and frosting in a bowl then form into small balls and freeze.

Prepare the raw chocolate and while it is liquid dip the ball into the mixture and completely cover, try to leave them in for about 45-60 seconds so that you get a good covering then put them back into the freezer to set.

Slice the cake in half horizontally and place the top half to the side.

Spread a thick layer of the jam over
the bottom layer of the cake then pipe avocado chocolate frosting over the jam, you don't need to fill it completely but make sure that you do a nice ring around the perimenter about 1/2 cm from the edge.

Sprinkle
frozen blueberries over the frosting then make a complete circle of blueberries
around the edge pushing them into the frosting then sprinkle a bit of the granola over the blueberries.

Place the top half of the brownie cake onto the bottom layer then
pipe rosettes around the edge of the cake, then do a layer of frosting over the top of the
cake. Add fruit mince, lemon frosting balls around the edge then sprinkle the
caramelized walnuts and granola and for highlights you can
add some dried coconut and more blueberries.

If you don't want to make the Fruit mince, lemon frosting balls then use a simple chocolate fudge blissballs, use the recipe for these

balls but omit the carob bites and carob powder and replace the powder with raw cacao powder.

Healthy food is my passion, my kitchen is my happy place, exercise is my meditation, creating healthy alternatives to feed friends and family is what makes me tic!! Please enjoy my creations with guiltless pleasure.

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