A totally flour-less chocolate cake with peanut butter icing and a decadent chocolate "ganache" - made even better with raspberries and bananas!
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
- 1 stick butter softened 1/2 cup
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 6 eggs
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 12 oz semi sweet or dark chocolate melted 30 second intervals in the microwave
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- dash of salt
FOR THE ICING:
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil melted by microwaving for 20 seconds
FOR THE GANACHE:
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1 cup dark or semi sweet chocolate
- TOPPING- raspberries bananas, peanut butter chips
Instructions
FOR THE CAKE:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Line 2 8 or 9 inch round trays with parchment paper
- Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar
- Add the eggs - one at a time, mixing after each one
- Fold in the cocoa powder and melted chocolate and vanilla and salt
- Bake for 35 minutes
- And let cool
FOR THE ICING:
- Using an electric mixer, beat the peanut butter, confectioners sugar, and coconut oil till well blended
FOR THE GANACHE:
- In a saucepan, melt the coconut oil and chocolate chips, stirring frequently
- TO ASSEMBLE
- Place a thin layer of icing on one chocolate cake
- Top with the other one
- Then spread the remaining icing all over the cake
- Pour the ganache on top of the cake
- And decorate with raspberries, bananas, chocolate or peanut butter chips
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 584kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 37g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 199mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 46g
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