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Chocolate Bombs
This recipe came from a time in my life when my family and I only ate grain-free. While we eat plenty of grains to supplement our meals these days, it has held through the years as my most requested dessert by family and friends.
I use this cake recipe to make so many other variations of desserts. Sometimes I stuff it with ganache, so it’s warm and molten. For birthdays, I top it with coffee chocolate buttercream. I’ve amended it before to make an ice cream sandwich too! It’s such a versatile gluten free cake that’s easy and even has some added protein from the use of almond butter.
Ingredients
1 cup – almond butter
4 tbl – butter
½ cup – cocoa powder
½ cup – coconut sugar
¼ – honey (I add this depending on what is going on top of cake).
2 tsp – vanilla
3 – eggs
1 tsp – baking soda
2 tsp – fresh lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
Grain Free Chocolate Cupcakes
Makes 12 generous cupcakes, 24 mini cupcakes, 2-6″ cakes, or 1-1.5″ deep cake round
- Add the first 6 ingredients to your stand mixer and blend until fully incorporated. At this point, taste and adjust sugars, cocoa powder, and vanilla for flavor, although this is how I like it.
- Add 3 eggs, blending well after each addition.
- Add baking soda and lemon juice until the batter turns lighter in color and looks more like cake batter.
- Bake at 350F for 18-20 minutes for standard cake and cupcakes, only 8-12 min for minis, 6″ cakes bake for 25-30 min.
Only notes:
* don’t overcook! Burnt almonds tend to taste gross.
*do adjust sweetener to taste if needed!
