Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake Recipe – Easy Gluten Free Flourless Cake with coconut flour – with the video.
Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake
This Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake Recipe is quick and easy to prepare and makes a decadent flourless baked treat to make and enjoy for a birthday, special occasion or just when you’re craving cake.
To make the flourless chocolate cake is simple, start by ensuring your butter is softened. I tend to take it out of the fridge first thing in the morning and then checking on it every couple of hours until it is soft and ready to easily whisk.
Once your butter is soft, it’s time to get baking. Pop the oven on to preheat, line and grease a round baking tin and then get cooking.
Add the stevia, eggs, cream, vanilla and salt to the softened butter and beat until completely smooth. Then, it’s just a matter of beating in the cocoa powder and coconut flour until you have a smooth cake batter.
You may not think that a quarter of a cup of coconut flour will be enough – but you’ll soon see that it is. The volume of coconut flour and cocoa powder creates the perfect dense chocolate cake that’s not as dry as low carb cakes often are.
Pour the chocolate cake batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until cooked through. Then, remove it from the heat and allow to cool completely.
To make the chocolate frosting, melt together chocolate, butter, cream and stevia. Allow the frosting to cool slightly to thicken and then drench the cooled cake in the chocolate river. (If you’d like to use low carb friendly chocolate in the frosting, then here are the best keto chocolate bar brands to choose from.)
This is quite a dark chocolate cake, so feel free to up the stevia to 1/2 cup (or more) if you’d prefer a sweeter cake. Same goes for the frosting – you may prefer it sweeter, so add as much until it’s sweet to your tastes.
As mentioned, you may be surprised that only 1/4 of a cup of coconut flour is needed, but you’ll find that it’s the perfect amount, resulting in a cake that’s moist, yet firm, without having a strong and overpowering taste of coconut.
Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake Recipe
- 125g/4.4 ounces Unsalted Butter, Softened
- 1/3 Cup Stevia
- 4 Eggs
- 1/3 Cup Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 Cup Coconut Flour
- 25g/0.88 ounces Unsalted Butter
- 50g/1.76 ounces Low Carb Chocolate
- 3 teaspoons Cream
- 1-2 Tablespoons Stevia
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F and line a round baking tin with well greased baking paper.
- Place the softened butter, stevia, eggs, cream, vanilla and salt into a large bowl.
- Whisk with an electric beater, until smooth.
- Add the cocoa powder and coconut flour and whisk until you have a smooth chocolate cake batter.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared baking tin.
- Place into the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until cooked through.
- Remove from the oven, allow to cool, then remove from the tin and move to a plate or cake tray.
- Once the cake has completely cooled, prepare the frosting, which you make by combining together the butter, chocolate, cream and stevia in a small saucepan, over low heat until completely melted.
- Allow the frosting to cool and thicken slightly, then pour and spread it over the chocolate cake.
Serves 8 – Macros per serving without the optional frosting – 187 calories, 16.5g fat, 4.5g protein, 3.2g net carbs
Recipe Video Tutorial
Here’s the video tutorial where you can watch the easy recipe being prepared, step by step. Hit play below or click here to watch on YouTube.
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Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake Recipe – Easy Gluten Free Flourless Cake with coconut flour – with the video.
Ingredients
- 125g/4.4 ounces Unsalted Butter, Softened
- 1/3 Cup Stevia
- 4 Eggs
- 1/3 Cup Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 Cup Coconut Flour
- 25g/0.88 ounces Unsalted Butter
- 50g/1.76 ounces Low Carb Chocolate
- 3 teaspoons Cream
- 1-2 Tablespoons Stevia
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F and line a round baking tin with well greased baking paper.
- Place the softened butter, stevia, eggs, cream, vanilla and salt into a large bowl.
- Whisk with an electric beater, until smooth.
- Add the cocoa powder and coconut flour and whisk until you have a smooth chocolate cake batter.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared baking tin.
- Place into the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until cooked through.
- Remove from the oven, allow to cool, then remove from the tin and move to a plate or cake tray.
- Once the cake has completely cooled, prepare the frosting, which you make by combining together the butter, chocolate, cream and stevia in a small saucepan, over low heat until completely melted.
- Allow the frosting to cool and thicken slightly, then pour and spread it over the chocolate cake.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Amount Per Serving: Calories: 187Total Fat: 16.5gSugar: 3.2gProtein: 4.5g