Chocolate Avocado Cake

By tammy1365

This chocolate avocado cake is both vegan and gluten-free, and delicious! The avocados make both the cake and the frosting creamy and delicious.

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• 3 cups almond flour
• 5 tablespoons cacao powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/4 cup avocado or coconut oil
• 1 ripe avocado (blend until smooth)
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 1/2 cup raw cane sugar
• FROSTING:
• 2 ripe avocados, blend until smooth
• 2 cups confection sugar
• 6 tablespoons cacao powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Grease and flour 2 x 9” round cake pans.

In a large bowl, mix all dry cake ingredients except sugar.

In another bowl mix all wet cake ingredients, once combined add the sugar. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and mix until cake batter is smooth.

Divide the batter between the two pans. Bake for 30 minutes.

While cake is baking, mix all frosting ingredients in a bowl.

Let cake cool 15-20 minutes before frosting.