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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Icing

4.25 from 4 votes
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 14
Author: Shashi
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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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