Clean chocolate cake (raw cacao)

What remains is a nutritionally-dense, and delicious, raw powder.

Ingredients

• ½ cup melted coconut oil
• ½ cup raw cacao powder
• ½ cup rice malt syrup
• 9 free-range eggs
• ¼ cup coconut sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
• ½ tsp Himalayan sea salt

Frosting

• 1 avocado
• 2 tbsp granulated stevia or rice malt syrup
• 4 tbsp raw cacao powder

Garnish (optional)

• ¼ cup coconut flakes
• ¼ cup smashed fresh raspberries
• 2 tsp dried red fruits or red tea blend
• 1 tbsp crushed nuts

Method
Preheat oven to 160°C. Whisk together coconut oil, raw cacao powder and rice malt syrup, and allow to cool. Using a hand-held mixer, beat eggs in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy (approximately two minutes). Add cooled chocolate mix and beat again until combined. In a large bowl add dry ingredients, mix well, then add wet ingredients. Mix together and pour into a lined 20cm cake tin.

Bake for one hour, or until a skewer removes cleanly. Meanwhile, blend together frosting ingredients until smooth. Top the cake, then garnish as desired.

Recipe and image from Sally O'Neill

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