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delicious-chocolate-cakeYes, we still like to enjoy cake once and a while at our house. We use this Chocolate Cake recipe for birthdays and special events.

This is a basic chocolate cake recipe and has amazing flavor. We typically use quinoa flour in it but you can use Einkorn as well.

Delicious Chocolate Cake

  • 2 cups quinoa flour
  • 1 1/2 cup <a href="http://amzn.to/1hDarXP" target="_blank">coconut crystals</a>
  • 3/4 cup raw cacao powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup almond milk (can use dairy milk)
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup boiling water
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. I typically make in two 9 inch cake pans or cupcake pan. Grease the bottoms on the 9 inch cake pan and then add a strip of parchment paper in the middle (enough so that it sticks out the edge) This will help you get the cake out of the pan.
  3. In a large bowl mix the flour, coconut crystals, raw cacao, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Then and milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix.
  4. Add the cup of boiling water and beat on high for about 1 min.
  5. Distribute batter evenly and bake for about 30 to 40 mins. Insert a toothpick in the middle, once it comes out clean, remove the cake from the oven
  6. Let sit for several minutes and then remove cake and cool on a drying rack.
  7. Frost with our favorite Coconut Whipped Cream or sprinkle with a dusting of powdered sugar.

Adapted from addapinch.com