Paleo Black Forest Cake
This paleo black forest cake would be a great dessert for Valentine’s Day dinner or Mother's Day. Extremely moist, decadent and delicious and really easy to make. Trust me, I’m horrible at baking.
Ingredients
- 2 boxes Simple Mills boxed chocolate cake mix see notes
- 6 eggs
- 1/3 cup water per box
- 2 tbsp vanilla
- 1/3 cup butter or oil use grass-fed butter! per box
Icing
- 4 cups coconut cream or grass-fed whipped cream
- 2 tbsp raw honey
For the Cherry Topping
- 16 oz frozen cherries
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tbsp arrowroot powder
Instructions
- Make and bake the cake mix according to package instructions.
- For the frosting, add the coconut cream and honey to a large bowl and whip together with a hand blender. Set aside.
- For the cherry mixture, add the cherries to a saucepan over medium heat with all the juice in the bag (frozen cherries have a good amount of juice).
- Add the butter, vanilla and almond.
- Let it heat up.
- Sprinkle the arrowroot powder overtop and let it thicken.
- Once the cake has cooled, add the whipped cream to the top.
- The add half of the cherry mixture.
- Top with the second cake half.
- Add the rest of the whipped cream.
- Pour the rest of the cherry mixture overtop.
Notes
I used Simple Mills boxed mix because I hate baking and can’t follow directions. By clicking on this link, you can get 20% off your first three orders.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 666kcalCarbohydrates: 80gProtein: 10gFat: 37gSaturated Fat: 29gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 486mgPotassium: 377mgFiber: 2gSugar: 45gVitamin A: 330IUVitamin C: 4.9mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 5.4mg
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