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Vickys Best EVER Chocolate Cake w Secret Avocado! GF DF EF SF NF

Name: How to cook Vickys Best EVER Chocolate Cake w Secret Avocado! GF DF EF SF NF - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Vicky@Jacks Free-From Cookbook

Vickys Best EVER Chocolate Cake w Secret Avocado! GF DF EF SF NF

I use this recipe for most of my kids birthdays, it's a no fail. It never sinks, never overcooks, tastes fantastic and the avocado keeps it moist - you don't taste a bit of it, you would never know it was in there!

Ingredient

Food ration :

16 servings

Cooking time :

1 mins

480 grams

plain flour or a gluten-free flour mix

8 tbsp

heaped unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 tsp

salt

2 tsp

baking powder

1/2 tsp

plus a pinch xanthan gum - not required for wheat based flour

400 grams

sugar

60 ml

oil - almond or vegetable

medium soft, ripe avocado

480 ml

water

2 tbsp

white vinegar / cider vinegar

2 tsp

baking soda

1 tsp

vanilla extract

medium avocado, ripe and well mashed

2 tsp

lemon juice

450 grams

icing/powdered sugar

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Preheat oven to gas 4 /180C / 350°F and grease, line and flour 2 x 8 inch round tins

* Step 2

Puree the first set of wet ingredients together in a blender

* Step 3

Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl, then add in the avocado mix and combine until smooth. Gluten free flour will require extra water added, around 30 - 60 mls (up to 1/4 cup)

* Step 4

Mix the other set of wet ingredients together and stir quickly into the batter, only stirring 7 or 8 times

* Step 5

Split the batter between the two tins, put straight into the oven and bake for 35 - 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean

* Step 6

Let cool in the tins for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely

* Step 7

For the frosting add the lemon juice to the avocado and beat until a bit paler, then gradually add in icing sugar and mix the vanilla in at the end

* Step 8

The frosting will keep in the fridge until needed, it won't go brown. Use it to sandwich the cakes together then to decorate the top

* Step 9

You don't have to use this particular frosting. I use a variety such as caramel, chocolate and vanilla. The green doesn't appeal to everyone, I use it as the wow factor

* Step 10

This is the marble cake version. Just leave out the cocoa powder in the main batter. When you bake the two tins, divide half the plain batter between them and add half of the cocoa powder to the remaining batter mix. Dollop some of the cocoa batter on top of the plain batter and swirl it through with a knife - not too much! Bake as normal