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Coffee-Double Chocolate Cake With Salted Caramel
- Prep Time: 35 mins
- Cooking Time: 45 mins
- Serves: 10-12 Servings
Coffee-Double Chocolate Cake With Salted Caramel
- Recipe Submitted by recipe queen on 03/23/2014
Category: Chocolate, Coffee Cakes, Cakes
Ingredients List
- For Cake:
- ½ cup coconut flour
- 1 cup blanched almond flour
- ½ cup cacao powder (or cocoa powder)
- 5 eggs
- ¾ cup honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¾ cup regular cold brew coffee ( I used chameleon cold brew)
- ¼ cup unsalted butter or coconut oil melted plus more (unmelted) for greasing
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- For Frosting
- ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used enjoy life)
- ½ cup heavy cream or coconut cream (see what coconut cream is here)
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- For Ganache:
- 4 ounces of dark chocolate (70 percent or higher) chopped finely
- 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
- ¾ cup coconut milk
- For Salted Caramel:
- 1 cup of coconut sugar
- 1¼ cups of coconut milk
- ½ teaspoon flaky sea salt
- 1 tablespoon of ghee or palm shortening (it”™s much better with ghee)
Directions
To make the cake:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit and grease (2) 8 inch cake pans with butter or coconut oil.
In a large bowl combine eggs, honey, vanilla extract, and cold brew coffee and whisk to combine. In a medium sized bowl combine coconut flour, almond flour, cacao or cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir dry ingredients with a fork to break up any clumps. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until thoroughly incorporated and no lumps remain.
If you have parchment paper I recommend cutting a circle out of the parchment paper and placing it in the bottom of each cake pan at this point before adding the batter because that prevents the bottom of the cake from sticking. Evenly divvy up the batter between the two cake pans and place in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 6-7 minutes then run a knife around the edges and transfer the cakes to a wire rack to finish cooling while you assemble the rest of the cake.
To make the salted caramel:
In a small heavy bottomed pot add coconut milk, coconut sugar, and sea salt, and whisk until combined. Turn the burner on to medium heat and bring to a boil. Once it comes to a boil whisk in ghee and reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes, whisking occasionally, until it turns a dark amber color and smells nutty and begins to thicken, it should almost be the consistency of caramel sauce, it will thicken as it cools. Pour it into a heat safe container to cool slightly.
To make the frosting:
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler until fully melted or in the microwave at 20 second intervals.In a medium sized bowl with an electric mixer beat heavy cream or coconut cream on high setting until it is the consistency of whipped cream.
Add melted chocolate and give it one more whip until it”™s thoroughly incorporated.
On one of the baked cakes spoon all the frosting and spread it around evenly to coat most of the top of it and sandwich the other baked cake on top of that being careful not to press down to much otherwise your frosting will ooze out the sides.
To Make the Ganache:
In a medium sized bowl add chocolate and coconut oil. Heat coconut milk in a small saucepan until hot and steamy then pour it over the chocolate and coconut milk.
Allow to sit for 1 minute and then carefully whisk together until fully incorporated and smooth.
Assemble the cake:
Carefully place the cake on a wire rack and slowly pour all of the ganache on the top of the cake letting it run down the sides to coat the whole top and of the cake. Allow to cool and harden a bit for at least 10 minutes.
Transfer the cake to a cake stand or plate with a lip to avoid the caramel from flowing over. Repeat this step with the salted caramel allowing the caramel to pool at the bottom of the cake. Let the cake sit for 5 minutes or refrigerate and let the caramel harden even more (really personal preference on that choice). Serve and enjoy.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit and grease (2) 8 inch cake pans with butter or coconut oil.
In a large bowl combine eggs, honey, vanilla extract, and cold brew coffee and whisk to combine. In a medium sized bowl combine coconut flour, almond flour, cacao or cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir dry ingredients with a fork to break up any clumps. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until thoroughly incorporated and no lumps remain.
If you have parchment paper I recommend cutting a circle out of the parchment paper and placing it in the bottom of each cake pan at this point before adding the batter because that prevents the bottom of the cake from sticking. Evenly divvy up the batter between the two cake pans and place in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 6-7 minutes then run a knife around the edges and transfer the cakes to a wire rack to finish cooling while you assemble the rest of the cake.
To make the salted caramel:
In a small heavy bottomed pot add coconut milk, coconut sugar, and sea salt, and whisk until combined. Turn the burner on to medium heat and bring to a boil. Once it comes to a boil whisk in ghee and reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes, whisking occasionally, until it turns a dark amber color and smells nutty and begins to thicken, it should almost be the consistency of caramel sauce, it will thicken as it cools. Pour it into a heat safe container to cool slightly.
To make the frosting:
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler until fully melted or in the microwave at 20 second intervals.In a medium sized bowl with an electric mixer beat heavy cream or coconut cream on high setting until it is the consistency of whipped cream.
Add melted chocolate and give it one more whip until it”™s thoroughly incorporated.
On one of the baked cakes spoon all the frosting and spread it around evenly to coat most of the top of it and sandwich the other baked cake on top of that being careful not to press down to much otherwise your frosting will ooze out the sides.
To Make the Ganache:
In a medium sized bowl add chocolate and coconut oil. Heat coconut milk in a small saucepan until hot and steamy then pour it over the chocolate and coconut milk.
Allow to sit for 1 minute and then carefully whisk together until fully incorporated and smooth.
Assemble the cake:
Carefully place the cake on a wire rack and slowly pour all of the ganache on the top of the cake letting it run down the sides to coat the whole top and of the cake. Allow to cool and harden a bit for at least 10 minutes.
Transfer the cake to a cake stand or plate with a lip to avoid the caramel from flowing over. Repeat this step with the salted caramel allowing the caramel to pool at the bottom of the cake. Let the cake sit for 5 minutes or refrigerate and let the caramel harden even more (really personal preference on that choice). Serve and enjoy.
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