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Coconut Chocolate Cake Slices (Vegan, Gluten-free, No Refined Sugar, No Nuts, No Dates)

This recipe for vegan and gluten-free coconut chocolate cake works without refined sugar, without dates, without nuts and added oil. Yay :)
Course Baked Sweet, Cake, Slices
Cuisine American
Servings 1 Slice (30 x 20 cm)

Ingredients
  

For the dough:

  • 100 g desiccated coconut
  • 110 g buckwheat flour
  • 50 g FAIR-TRADE cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 90 g coconut sugar
  • 1 tablespoon psyllium fiber husk
  • 250 ml water

For the frosting:

  • 100 g creamed coconut
  • 40 g rice syrup
  • 25 g FAIR-TRADE cocoa powder
  • 60 ml 60ml water

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200°C (top-/bottom heat). Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • Add desiccated coconut, buckwheat flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into a bowl and mix well.
  • In a blender, blend coconut sugar, psyllium fiber husk with the water. Add to the bowl with the dry ingredients and quickly stir to combine. Don't over stir.
  • Spread the dough on the baking tray until it is about 2cm thick. The dough will be quite thick so you can spread it "free-style".
  • Place in oven and bake covered (I use an empty, un-coated baking tray that I place in the rack above) for approx. 20 minutes. Let cool down on a rack before preparing the frosting.
  • For the frosting, melt creamed coconut cream using the double boiler method. Then add remaining ingredients and mix well. Keep it warm until it well mixed.
  • Spread frosting onto the cooled down cake. Garnish if you wish. I used chopped cacao nibs and desiccated coconut. Chill until the frosting has set (if you are in a hurry, place in freezer for half an hour or so).

Notes

Enjoy! :)
Keyword cake, chocolate, Coconut, No Dates, No Nuts, No Refined Sugar, Slices