A low-carb birthday cake. What do you think of this Low Carb Olive Oil Chocolate Cake with Orange Choc Ganache?

Ingredients

• 1 cup light olive oil
• 5 tbsp cocoa
• 1 Tblspn coffee
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/3 cup flax meal
• 1/3 cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• A crack of Himalayan pink salt
• 1 cup erythritol/sweetener of choice
• 4 eggs

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Method:

1. Mix cocoa, coffee, and boiling water.
2. Whisk until you have a smooth chocolatey paste.
3. Add the vanilla essence, then set aside to cool.
4. In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
5. Whisk till well blended.
6. In another bowl combine the erythritol, olive oil, and eggs.
7. Whisk on medium speed until you have a pale thickened cream.
8. Turn the speed down and pour in the cocoa mixture, beating as you go, and when all is scraped in you can slowly add in the dry mixture.
9. Scrape down, and stir a little with a spatula, then pour this dark, liquid batter into a greased pan.
10. Bake at 180C for 40-45 minutes or until the sides are set and the very center, on top, still looks slightly damp.
11. Leave to cool completely then pour over chocolate orange ganache (optional)

Chocolate orange ganache Ingredients

• 1 cup cream
• 2 cups dark chocolate chips
• 3 tbsp erythritol (optional)
• 1/2 tsp orange essence
• 1/4 tsp orange blossom water

Method:

1. Combine the cream, erythritol, essence, and blossom water in a small saucepan.
2. Keep the heat at medium to low. Do not boil.
3. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate chips till smooth.
4. Allow cooling before using.

A low-carb birthday cake. What do you think of this Low Carb Olive Oil Chocolate Cake with Orange Choc Ganache?

Ingredients

• 1 cup light olive oil
• 5 tbsp cocoa
• 1 Tblspn coffee
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/3 cup flax meal
• 1/3 cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• A crack of Himalayan pink salt
• 1 cup erythritol/sweetener of choice
• 4 eggs

Method:

1. Mix cocoa, coffee, and boiling water.
2. Whisk until you have a smooth chocolatey paste.
3. Add the vanilla essence, then set aside to cool.
4. In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.
5. Whisk till well blended.
6. In another bowl combine the erythritol, olive oil, and eggs.
7. Whisk on medium speed until you have a pale thickened cream.
8. Turn the speed down and pour in the cocoa mixture, beating as you go, and when all is scraped in you can slowly add in the dry mixture.
9. Scrape down, and stir a little with a spatula, then pour this dark, liquid batter into a greased pan.
10. Bake at 180C for 40-45 minutes or until the sides are set and the very center, on top, still looks slightly damp.
11. Leave to cool completely then pour over chocolate orange ganache (optional)

Chocolate orange ganache Ingredients

• 1 cup cream
• 2 cups dark chocolate chips
• 3 tbsp erythritol (optional)
• 1/2 tsp orange essence
• 1/4 tsp orange blossom water

Method:

1. Combine the cream, erythritol, essence, and blossom water in a small saucepan.
2. Keep the heat at medium to low. Do not boil.
3. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate chips till smooth.
4. Allow cooling before using.

Prepared tried and tested by Caashifa Adams Young