Chocolate Cake with Orange Buttercream Frosting (GF, Paleo)

03 Mar Chocolate Cake with Orange Buttercream Frosting (GF, Paleo)

Posted at 20:45h in Dairy Free, Dessert, Easy, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Paleo, Sugar Free, Vegan, Whole30, Yeast Free by

This chocolate cake satisfies even the worse chocolate craving! It is not overly sweet, but it is chocolatey, decadent and rich. Not everyone is a fan of chocolate with citrus, so if that is you, it is easy to omit the orange zest. I however, love the combination of orange and chocolate together. My husband loves the combo and got me hooked on it in college when we used to eat chocolate covered candied orange peels together.

I love that this chocolate cake is paleo, gluten free and vegan. It covers so many different dietary needs, but won’t taste like a compromise. Make it the next time you are needing a chocolate fix!

Chocolate Cake with Orange Buttercream Frosting

Rich, fudgey cake with a decanting frosting! You won’t believe its paleo!
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
1 hr
Total Time 45 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 Servings

Ingredients
  

For the Cake:

  • 1 C Cassava Flour
  • 1/2 C sweet potato flour
  • 1/3 C + 1 TB Cocoa Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 C Coconut Sugar
  • 1/4 C Maple Syrup
  • 1 C Cold Water
  • 1/4 C Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • 1/4 C Vegetable Oil

For the Frosting:

  • 2 oz Chocolate Unsweetened baking bar
  • 2-4 tbsp Maple Syrup
  • Zest of one Orange
  • 1/2 C Butter or Ghee at room tempurature

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375˚F and grease a 9-inch round springform pan.
  • Combine all dry cake ingredients in a bowl and mix well, and combine all wet cake ingredients into a bowl and mix well. Then mix wet ingredients with dry and mix well.
  • Pour cake batter into the springform pan and bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before frosting.
  • Melt chocolate for frosting in a saucepan over low heat (watching closely so it doesn’t burn) or use a double boiler. Once melted, remove chocolate from heat and allow to cool.
  • Scrape chocolate into a bowl safe to use with a hand mixer, and add maple syrup and orange zest to the chocolate. Mix with a hand mixer until combined.
  • Checking first to make sure the chocolate is not hot enough to melt butter, add the butter to the chocolate mixture and beat until fluffy.
  • Frost chocolate cake with buttercream frosting before cutting and serving.
Keyword Chocolate Cake
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