Happy Birthday Chocolate Ganache Cake
 
 
Grain-Free, Chocolate-filled birthday cake. This cake can be used for any special occasion.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 1½ sticks unsalted organic butter, room temperature
  • ⅓ cup xylitol
  • ½ cup raw honey (this is more than I usually use, but it's a special occasion)
  • 1 teaspoon Stevita Stevia
  • 4 organic eggs, room temperature
  • ⅔ cup organic cocoa powder
  • 1½ cup canned coconut milk
  • 3.5 ounces unsweetened chocolate or 77% or higher dark chocolate
  • 1 shot of espresso or about 3 Tablespoon black coffee
  • 1 teaspoon stevia (or ¾ teaspoon for dark chocolate)
  • 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups almond flour
  • ¼ cup coconut flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter 2- 9 inch cake pans and layer the bottom of the pans with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl cream the butter, xylitol, honey and stevia with a stand mixer or a hand mixer. Make sure to scrape the edges of the bowl because it will cream differently than regular butter and sugar. Once mixed, add the eggs one at a time followed by the cocoa powder. Mix until combined on low because the cocoa powder is very fine
  3. In a small sauce pan add the coconut milk and the 3.5 ounces of dark chocolate and turn the heat to medium and whisk until melted. This will look like milk chocolate sauce when it is done. Remove from the heat and add the espresso, stevia, and vanilla and stir together. This needs to sit until it starts to cool before you add it into the cake batter
  4. Once the chocolate is cooled down, slowly add it to the cake batter while mixing
  5. In a small bowl, combine the remaining dry ingredients and slowly add to the chocolate batter. Once the dry ingredients are added, keep mixing for another 30 seconds to a minute to make sure everything is blended together well
  6. Add ½ of the chocolate cake batter to each of the cake pans and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the pan clean
Recipe by Meghan Birt at https://meghanbirt.com/2013/02/happy-birthday-chocolate-chocolate-cake/