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Yum Alert: Salted Caramel Drenched Coffee-Double Chocolate Cake

Written by rosetta

I think the mouth-watering title speaks for itself. As if this cake couldn’t get any better, it’s also gluten-free and can be made dairy and refined sugar-free. Image and recipe via Slim Palate.

 

Ingredients:

For Cake:
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • 1 cup blanched almond flour
  • ½ cup cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
  • 5 eggs
  • ¾ cup honey
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup regular cold brew coffee ( I used chameleon cold brew)
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter or coconut oil melted plus more (unmelted) for greasing
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • pinch of salt
For Frosting
  • ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used enjoy life)
  • ½ cup heavy cream or coconut cream (see what coconut cream is here)
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
For Ganache:
  • 4 ounces of dark chocolate (70 percent or higher) chopped finely
  • 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
  • ¾ cup coconut milk
For Salted Caramel:
  • 1 cup of coconut sugar
  • 1¼ cups of coconut milk
  • ½ teaspoon flaky sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon of ghee or palm shortening (it’s much better with ghee)

For instructions, go here.

About the author

rosetta

Rosetta is a Manhattan-born student currently living in Paris. She loves fashion, traveling, and all things kale. She's adopted the Parisian street style, yet stayed in-touch with her New York roots; she can be spotted wearing all black with a green color pop from holding her cold-pressed juice. Her religion is coconut oil and she's married to almond butter.

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