Paleo Chocolate Cake with Icing

Ingredients:

Cake

• 1/2 cup Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour
• 1/4 cup Organic Gemini Tigernut Flour
• 1/4 cup Nutiva Coconut Flour
• 1/4 cup tapioca flour
• 1/2 cup pHresh Products Organic Cacao Powder
• 1/2 tsp. Redmond Real Salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar
• 1/2 cup Nutiva Coconut Oil with Buttery Flavor or ghee, melted (plus more for greasing)
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 4 pasture-raised eggs
• 1/2 cup Hu Kitchen Chocolate Bar chunks

Chocolate Frosting

• 1-1/2 cups Hu Kitchen Chocolate Bar, melted
• 1/4 cup Nutiva Coconut Oil with Buttery Flavor or ghee
• 1 Tbsp. maple syrup

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 345°F. Grease a 10×10-inch cake pan with coconut oil.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry cake ingredients.
3. Add melted coconut oil, vanilla extract, and maple syrup; mix well.
4. Add eggs and beat with an egg beater or hand mixer until whipped and combined.
5. Stir in chocolate chunks.
6. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for 45 minutes.
7. Meanwhile, prepare frosting by mixing all frosting ingredients until smooth.
8. Let the cake cool completely before spreading the frosting on top.

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