Description
A moist, three layered Paleo cake made with tigernut flour. Nut free, gluten free, grain free and perfect for any birthday or celebration.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Cake
- 2 cups tigernut flour (168g) sifted, spooned & leveled
- 1/2 cup tapioca flour (60g)
- 1/2 cup cacao powder (31g) sifted, spooned & leveled
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 2 tsp Paleo baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup almond milk (coconut milk for nut free)
- 1/4 cup avocado oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
For the Frosting
- 1 cup coconut cream (just the cream from a can of full fat coconut milk)
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp tapioca flour
Instructions
For the Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line three 6" round baking pans with parchment paper, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients (tigernut flour, tapioca flour, cacao powder, coconut sugar, baking powder, salt).
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, almond milk, avocado oil, vanilla and vinegar.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and whisk batter until smooth.
- Pour an equal amount of batter into each of the lined cake pans.
- Place the pans in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes.
- Remove cakes from the oven and cool in their pan for 10 minutes. Then, transfer cakes to a cooling rack and cool to room temperature.
- Once fully cooled, frost the cake.
- Store cake covered in the fridge, for up to one week.
For the Frosting
- Melt the coconut cream and chocolate chips in a small sauce pan, over low heat.
- Once fully melted, remove from heat and whisk in remaining frosting ingredients. The frosting should be smooth and quite runny.
- Refrigerate the frosting overnight to thicken (or at least 4 hours).
- Frost the cake after the cake has fully cooled.
Notes
I recommend making the frosting the night before you plan to bake the cake, as the frosting takes a least a few hours to thicken.
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