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Chocolate Snack Cake with Strawberry Jam Frosting

Chocolate Snack Cake with Strawberry Jam Frosting

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course: Dessert
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Cake - Wet Ingredients
  • 1 ½ cup coconut sugar
  • ¼ cup avocado oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup brewed coffee, brought to room temp
Cake - Dry Ingredients
  • ½ cup cacao powder (can sub cocoa powder)
  • 1 ½ cup almond flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 ½ tbsp baking powder (I use Otto's Naturals)
Strawberry Jam
  • 2 cups strawberries (can use frozen)
  • ¼ cup honey
  • ½ tbsp lemon juice
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
  • ½ cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • pinch salt
  • strawberry jam (above)

Equipment

  • 8x8 square baking pan

Method
 

Strawberry Jam
  1. Combine all ingredients in a pot or pan on the stove over medium/low heat and allow it to come to a simmer. Watch the jam start to form and stir it often. It will get thicker as it simmers! Once a thicker jam has formed, remove it from the heat and allow it to cool fully.
Chocolate Snack Cake
  1. Preheat your oven to 350℉ and line an 8x8 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, combine all of your wet ingredients and mix until well combined.
  3. Add in your dry ingredients to the same bowl, but before fully incorporating them into the wet ingredients, first whisk them together the best you can. Then, mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until your batter is smooth.
  4. Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 45 minutes, checking 5 minutes prior (every oven is a little different!) to see if it's done.
  5. Once the cake is done, remove it from the oven and allow to sit in the pan for 10 minutes to cool. Then, remove the cake from the pan and allow it to cool fully before frosting.
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
  1. Combine the ingredients in a stand mixer and mix together, starting on a low speed and slowly increasing it so that you don't get powdered sugar everywhere. Mix until smooth and fluffy.
Chocolate Snack Cake with Strawberry Jam Frosting
  1. Once your cake is cooled completely, frost the top with the vanilla buttercream frosting. Then, top the frosting with spoonfuls of the jam (you don't have to use all of it!) and swirl it around to incorporate it.
  2. Cut your cake into squares and enjoy!