 So I've been having some chocolate cravings lately so today we're making chocolate cake with chocolate frosting now I'm not using any white sugar in this so we're using something different and I'm going to keep you in suspense for just a minute And we're not using any white flour. We're going to actually use almond flour. This cake is delicious. It's gluten-free And it's chocolatey and moist so I'm rock and robin and I'm going to show you how to do it right after this I Like to start off with a chef joke. There'll be another one a little bit later in the video So stay tuned. But here we go. All right, so why did the boy eat his homework? Because his teacher said it was a piece of cake So we're going to jump into our sweetener. What I'm using is date paste to sweeten our cake It has lots of vitamins and minerals So it's really a great way to sweeten things up get some fiber into your diet along with some vitamins And we're good to go. So what we do here is we take our dates now. I bought these at Costco They're pitted and we're going to place them into a pot and we're going to cover them with some water And we're going to place it on the stove and bring it to a boil simmer it for about 15 Maybe 20 minutes and then we'll let it cool then I'll drain the water out, but I'm going to save the water Okay, drain it out and then we're going to place our dates into a blender Then we'll add back just enough of the water so that it will make a nice smooth paste We want to keep this nice and thick So while our dates are cooling off over there We are going to combine our dry ingredients in this bowl So in here I have my almond flour and by the way you can get all the written Ingredients in the description of this video. So look down below the video and click where it says show more All right, so to that we're going to add some cocoa powder Now what I'm using here is Goutard's cocoa powder. I really like this brand. It's a real quality product Next we're going to add some baking powder and baking soda Just a little bit of salt and our next ingredient is instant coffee Which is going to just enhance the chocolate flavor you will not taste this So it's just a little bit and then take your whisk and just combine everything Now the almond flour that I'm using also is very fine. So you want to use a nice fine mixture I got mine at Trader Joe's And it works really well in this recipe so you want to work on breaking up those clumps So we'll also have to get our dish ready and I'm using an eight by eight baking dish here And it's you know, probably a couple inches deep You want to get some parchment paper and I cut off myself a nice big piece here and we're going to have to trim it up So I just kind of smash it into the plate to kind of get an idea And I want to cut I'm going to cut the corners here a little bit So I just make a cut in And this will help the paper stay a little better And I've also got my oven preheating to 350 degrees So I'll cut this corner in Okay, so once you get that in there, you can kind of trim off this excess here Obviously the parchment paper is going to help us get our cake out of the dish without it sticking All right to our dry mixture now. We're going to add four eggs. I'm using pasture raised eggs And to that we're going to add some vanilla extract And here's our date paste now. I let it cool. I do have it cooled off a bit But you can see look at how nice and thick that is that's what you want And it is nice and smooth and creamy. It's going to blend in really well It has a nice caramel flavor to it So it really Lends itself to the flavor and we'll just mix this up And don't forget to scrape down the sides of the bowl And now we'll just pour this right into our prepared pan and hopefully that parchment paper will stay where it's supposed to be Make sure you make sure you spread out the batter and then we're going to pop this in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven preheated for we're going to check this I want you to check it at 25 minutes mine took 30 last time but ovens can vary so We're going to check it like I said at 25 minutes All right, our cake's in the oven. So it must be that time time for chef joke number two. Are you ready? All right, here we go When is a birthday cake like a golf ball? When it's sliced So we'll cook this in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes depending on your oven And check it with a toothpick and it's done when it comes out almost clean Now we're ready to make our frosting our chocolate frosting. So in my bowl here I have some clover organic cream cheese. It is some of the best cream cheese I've ever had Anyway, I've got some organic butter and we're going to cream that together and add some monk fruit sweetener to that Add a little bit at a time and keep mixing it in Then we'll add some date paste to that blend that in along with some more Cocoa powder from guitar Go ahead and blend that in We'll add a splash of vanilla once that's mixed in And a little touch of some more instant coffee and then we're going to add some more chocolate I'm going to be adding what I have here some chopped up shape sharpen burger chocolate. That's bittersweet With a little bit of coconut oil and we're going to pop that in the microwave at 20 second increments And we're going to stir it between each You know time we cook it and you just want it to get nice and melted Then we'll add that to our frosting mix it up and it's ready to go Adding the coconut oil will help keep your frosting firm as it does not melt until about 78 degrees So if it's less than 78 then it'll stay nice and firm So you want to make sure that your cake is completely cooled before you try what I'm about to do However, my cake is not completely cooled. So we'll see what happens We're going to use the parchment paper to lift out the cake And now I'm going to remove the parchment paper Just makes for a little bit nicer presentation So I'm just lifting it up kind of easing it easing the paper off of the cake Now what you can do too and I didn't do and I probably should have is Put a little bit of spray like I have avocado spray on the paper as well And that will help keep it from sticking Okay So I think I've got it. I got my hand underneath it. I'm just going to place it back in the dish Just because it helps to keep it shape And now I'll just frost it in the dish All right, let's get some of that wonderful frosting on there check that out nice and creamy And like I said, we can stick this I'm probably going to put this in the refrigerator for a few minutes because The cake is still warm and my frosting is going to get runny so But you can see this is plenty of frosting if you want to make cupcakes you can You would just test them, you know with the toothpick. That's how you know when it's done It comes out pretty clean doesn't have to be perfect, but very close to it That cake is really delicious. I can't even tell that it's made with almond flour And not regular white flour. I mean, it's really good. It's moist. It's Chocolatey I think it's everything you want in a cake if you like chocolate as much as I do Then you might want to check out another chocolate recipe of mine. I've got one for you It's chocolate pudding very simple to make very delicious and way better than what you can buy at the store So here's a link for you. Click that go check that out make some tonight, and I think you'll love it Thanks so much for watching. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel You know hit that like button for me and leave me a comment And if you really want to show me some love share the video. Thanks again. We'll see you next time