Chocolate Avocado Cake With Chocolate Avocado Frosting

Chocolate Avocado Cake With Chocolate Avocado Frosting

Chocolate Avocado Cake and Chocolate Avocado Buttercream - delicious, moist and rich - a healthier dessert that compromises no flavor.

Ingredients

• For the cake:
• 3 cup all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 ripe avocado mashed until very smooth
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoon white vinegar
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cup granulated sugar
• For the frosting:
• 2 large ripe avocados peeled and pitted
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 4 Tbsp. cocoa powder

Instructions

1. For cake:
2. Preheat oven to 350.
3. Grease and flour a tube pan.
4. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
5. In a separate bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, avocado, water, vinegar and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.
6. Whisk sugar into the wet mix.
7. Add the wet mixture to the flour mixture all at once. Beat with a whisk (by hand) until smooth.
8. Pour batter into a greased tube pan. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
9. Let cake cool in pan for 15 - 20 minutes on a cooling rack. Turn cake out onto cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
10. For buttercream frosting:
11. Scoop avocados out into a food processor. Process until smooth, about 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down avocado with spatula if necessary.
12. Add powdered sugar and cocoa powder to pureed avocado. Process for another minute or until creamy and combined, stopping once to scrape down mixture if necessary.
13. Frost cake. Let cake sit a few hours before serving, allowing time for flavors to blend.
14. Enjoy : )

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