This chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream is wealthy, moist and completely scrumptious. It’s very onerous to inform that it’s grain free!
Actually, many readers have shared that they’ve taken this cake to events and everybody raved they usually had no thought it was gluten free!
I at all times frost my truffles with a basic buttercream. You simply can’t do significantly better than a candy whipped butter frosting with chocolate!
If it’s your first time to make a buttercream, please comply with the instructions precisely and take your time. It’s good to know that after all of the butter has been added, the combination will seem like it’s ruined and curdled. However, maintain mixing as a result of it’ll quickly spring again to life and turn out to be clean and satiny.
This cake comprises almond flour, so if you want to keep away from nuts, I like to recommend utilizing this chocolate cake recipe.
On the subject of baking with grain-free substances, I at all times use a finely floor almond flour and Bob’s Crimson Mill coconut flour. Numerous manufacturers end in completely different textures, so I alway follow these two particular substances in order that my truffles and different baked items end up good each time.
I hope you get pleasure from this recipe as a lot as I do!
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream (Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free)
Is butter “Paleo?” Click on right here and right here for some nice data on this subject. In case you can’t devour butter, I like to recommend making a double batch of this chocolate buttercream frosting. As with all desserts, it’s greatest to devour moderately.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook dinner Time: 35 minutes
- Whole Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Class: Dessert
- Weight-reduction plan: Gluten Free
For the cake batter:
For the buttercream:
- 4 giant eggs
- 1/3 cup maple syrup or honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 pound unsalted butter, softened, every stick lower into tablespoons
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled (I used Get pleasure from Life Chocolate Chips)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 ºF and modify rack to center place. Place the chocolate and butter within the bowl of a double boiler. Soften, stirring sometimes. Put aside to chill (the combination wants to chill for at the very least 10 minutes earlier than including the the egg combination beneath). Place the maple syrup and eggs within the bowl of a standing mixer with whisk attachment. Whisk for 5-6 minutes till pale yellow and billowy. Slowly whisk in cooled chocolate and vanilla extract.
- Sift almond flour, coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder over egg combination. Gently fold to include. Divide batter between two buttered 9-inch cake pans (I choose to line my cake pans with a spherical piece of unbleached parchment paper to make sure the cake will come out correctly). Bake truffles for 20 minutes or till a cake tester inserted in the midst of the cake comes out clear. Cool truffles for 10 minutes, run a knife across the edges after which take away the truffles from the pans. Cool utterly.
For the Frosting:
- Within the bowl of a standing mixer, mix eggs, maple syrup or honey, vanilla and pinch of salt. Set the bowl over a pot of simmering water. Whisk continually till the combination reaches 160 levels, about 5 minutes. Take away from the warmth. Beat egg combination on medium-high with whisk attachment for 8 minutes till mild and billowy. Cut back the velocity to medium and add butter one tablespoon at a time. When the entire butter is added, flip off the mixer and scrape down the perimeters of the bowl (at this level the buttercream may look curdled, however don’t fear, it’ll flip creamy). Whisk the whole combination for 1 minute on excessive till mild and fluffy. Slowly pour within the chocolate and blend till included.
To assemble:
- Place one cake layer on a cake stand and prime with one third of the frosting. Unfold frosting evenly on the cake. Place second cake layer on prime and use remaining frosting to frost the highest and sides of the cake.
*To make selfmade grain-free baking powder mix 1 half baking soda, 1 half arrowroot powder and a couple of components cream of tartar. Retailer in an hermetic container for as much as 6 months.
Diet
- Serving Measurement: Serves 12-14
