Vegan Chocolate Almond cake

Posted on July 13th, 2021

This is a very rich, indulgent  and delicious truffle cake.

It serves 10 people but you can half the ingredient quantity, for a smaller size version .

Please note, by leaving the cake overnight to set, you will not be able to taste the avocados present but , it does help the setting process and flavour develop.

Vegan Chocolate Almond Cake

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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
cooling time for base 30 minutes
Total Time 13 hours 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Vegan
Servings 10

Equipment

  • food processor
  • spatula
  • blender

Ingredients
  

Base

  • 80 g ground almonds
  • 60 g coconut flour
  • 1 pinch Maldon salt
  • 3-4 tsp vegan margarine
  • 2 tbsp Algarve syrup
  • 150 g pitted dates
  • 30 g coco powder
  • 30 g vegan dark chocolate chips
  • 2 drops natural almond essence

Chocolate Topping

  • 140 g coconut sugar
  • 200 g Elmlea vegan plant cream
  • 2 squirts Algarve syrup
  • 2 avocados
  • 1 rind lemon zest
  • 0.5 lemon in juice
  • 80 g raw coco powder
  • vanilla paste to taste
  • 130 g coconut sugar

Instructions
 

  • Method to make base.
    Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
    Blend all the ingredients together and fold into the blend, the chocolate chips.
    Pit and chop the dates before adding to the Blended ingredients.
    Melt vegan margarine or, oil of your choice, in a pan.
    Add the blend of the ingredients for the base into melted margarine in the saucepan and stir.
    Stir quickly for 5 min and then turn off the heat.
    Mix well and transfer and press into a 9 inch springform tin lined with baking paper.
    Bake for 10-15 mins at 180 degrees. Leave to cool.
  • Chocolate Topping Filling
    Scoop out the flesh of the avocados , squeeze the juice of the half lemon and, add the zest of one lemon zest into a food blender.
    Add the ingredients for chocolate topping and blend, sample and adjust to personal taste accordingly.
    Add topping to cooled base, smooth over, cover and leave in fridge overnight.
    Decorate with favourite seasonal soft fruit in the morning.
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Keyword almond, cake, chocolate, vegan