Description
Fudgy chocolate cake layers with a deliciously creamy caramel mocha buttercream, topped with a rich chocolate ganache and more swirls of buttercream
Ingredients
Scale
For the chocolate cake:
- 200 g avocado
- 375 g light brown sugar
- 465 g plain flour
- 65 g cocoa powder
- 1.25 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2.5 tsp baking powder
- 530 ml dairy-free milk
- 200 ml vegetable oil
For the caramel mocha buttercream:
- 375 g dairy-free butter
- 1000 g icing sugar
- 50 ml caramel coffee (brewed, then cooled)
For the chocolate ganache:
- 200 ml coconut milk
- 150 g dark chocolate
Instructions
For the chocolate cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan)
- Grease and line four 6 inch round cake tins.
- Put the avocado into a food processor. Process until smooth and creamy.
- Add all the remaining cake ingredients into the food processor, and blitz until creamy and smooth
- Divide the cake batter equally into the cake tins.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the cake tin.
For the caramel mocha buttercream:
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter for 5 minutes.
- Add a few spoonfuls of icing sugar, and whisk until combined. Repeat until all icing sugar is mixed in.
- Pour in the cooled caramel coffee, and whisk until creamy and light.
For the chocolate ganache:
- In a pan, heat the coconut milk until just boiling.
- Pour the hot cream over the chocolate, and leave for 5 minutes.
- Whisk the ganache together, and pour into a piping bag.
To assemble the cake:
- Put a cake layer on a cake board, and cover with frosting. Repeat with all layers.
- Coat the whole cake with a smooth layer of buttercream. Reserve some buttercream for topping.
- Use a piping bag to pour the ganache over the sides and the top.
- Fill a piping bag with remaining buttercream, and pipe swirls on top of the cake.
- Cover the top of the cake with chocolate sprinkles, or shavings.