Chocolate & Date Cake (Labriski Version)

Ingredients

• 📅Date paste (Mme Labriski)2 cups (500 ml)
• 🥚Eggs2
• 🥥Coconut oil (melted)½ cup (120 ml)
• 🌾Vanilla extract1 tsp
• 🌾Whole wheat flour (or spelt or half white/half almond flour)1 cup (120 g)
• 🍫Unsweetened cocoa powder½ cup (50 g)
• ⚪Baking soda1 tsp
• 🧂Salt1 pinch
• 🍫Dark chocolate (85% cacao or coconut sugar sweetened)150 g
• 🥥Coconut milk (creamy part)½ cup (120 ml)

Method

1. 1Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a round cake pan (20 cm) or square pan (22 cm).
2. 2In a large bowl, combine date paste, eggs, melted coconut oil, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth.
3. 3In another bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. 4Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
5. 5Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. 6Cool cake completely before removing from pan.
7. 7For ganache (optional): Chop dark chocolate and place in a bowl. Heat coconut milk until steaming, pour over chocolate, let sit 1 minute, then whisk until smooth. Pour over cooled cake.