Chocolate Cake with Avocado

This cake is so moist that it is more like a "Volcano" cake. I would recommend making it into cupcakes. Maybe I didn't bake it long enough, but mine came out looking undone. Since it has no eggs I didn't worry about it. This is honestly one of the best tasting cakes I have eaten! But it looked like I had dropped it on the floor. See?

              That's why I'm thinking cupcakes would be good.  I mix the original recipe up a bit to make it easier....wet ingredients first in a blender. You can get the original recipe at: TheHeartySoul.com

Cake Ingredients: In blender
• 1 large ripe avocado (blend until smooth)

• 2 cups of water

• 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar

• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

• 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
 or coconut syrup*
• ¼ cup coconut oil

• 1 ½ cup raw cane sugar
 or coconut sugar**
• 3 cups of almond flour
 or meal
• 5 tablespoons of cacao powder

• 2 teaspoons of baking powder

• 2 teaspoons of baking soda

• ¾ teaspoon of sea salt

Frosting Ingredients****
• 2 ripe avocados (blend until smooth)

• 2 cups of confectioners sugar
***
• 6 tablespoons of cacao powder

• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 

2. Grease and flour 2 x 9” round cake pans.
 (or use cupcake liners)
3. In a large blender or food processor, mix all wet cake ingredients except sugar, once combined add the sugar.
4. Slowly add and blend in the dry ingredients. Blend until smooth.
5. Divide the batter between the two pans or cupcakes.
6. Bake for 30 minutes.

7. While cake is baking, mix all frosting ingredients in a bowl or blender.

8. Let cake cool 15-20 minutes before frosting.


*I have found that coconut syrup works really well with cacao powder.
**I used coconut sugar because my body reacts better to it than cane sugar.
*** I take raw cane sugar and blend it in a blender to make "Powdered Sugar". Just a little healthier option.

****This frosting is really good and healthier. When you want a chocolate frosting for anything, I'd recommend this one. This cake and frosting didn't give me the sugar rush I would normally get from eating a piece of chocolate cake. Listen to your body!