Almond chocolate cake with creamy peanut butter frosting (vegan & gluten-free)

Healthy almond flour chocolate cake with creamy peanut butter frosting to satisfy all your chocolate-y cravings.

This fluffy, tender, moist, gluten-free almond flour chocolate cake is made with wholesome ingredients and naturally sweetened with unrefined coconut sugar. And my peanut butter frosting is just the perfect complement to the chocolate cake.

I have to warn you, this cake is so delicious and it will have your family fighting over the last slice. 🙂

Almond chocolate cake with creamy peanut butter frosting (vegan & gluten-free)

Ingredients

Almond chocolate cake

1 1/4 cups almond flour
1 cup gluten free flour
1/4 cup flaxseed meal
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp instant coffee
3/4 cup coconut sugar
1 cup almond milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup coconut oil
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Peanut butter frosting

100g vegan margarine
3 tbsp creamy peanut butter
2 cups icing sugar
3 tbsp almond milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp sea salt

Instructions

Almond chocolate cake

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease and flour a 6 inch round pan.
Combine almond flour, gluten-free flour, flaxseed meal, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda. In a large mixing bowl, cream together coconut sugar, coconut oil, vanilla extract, almond milk, instant coffee and apple cider vinegar. Pour dry mixture to wet and mix until combined.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a wire rack and continue cooling.

Peanut butter frosting

Place the margarine and peanut butter into an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the icing sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate almond milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. Add vanilla extract and salt and bear for 2-3 minutes to get creamy and fluffy. Top frosting over chocolate. Slice and enjoy