• 3/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/4 cup cacao powder
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 10 eggs
• 1 cup butter (or almond oil or use a mix of butter and coconut oil)
• 3/4 cup maple syrup or preferred sweetener (if using rapadura sugar, ¾ cup is enough)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1.      In a bowl, combine flour, cacao, salt and baking soda

2.      In a large bowl, using an electric hand held blender, blend eggs, oil, sweetener and vanilla

3.      Add dry ingredients into large bowl and continue to blend

4.      Oil a 25cm cake tin with butter

5.      Pour batter into the pan and bake at 180 degrees for 35-40 minutes

6.      Remove from oven, allowing to cool completely then remove from the cake tin

7.      Ice with your preferred icing or a chocolate ganache and serve

Chocolate Ganache

What:

• 100g dark chocolate (the higher % of cacao the better. I usually use 75%)
• 80 g cream

How:

1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan or use a double broiler  Once the chocolate is melted, stir in the cream
2. Allow the chocolate to cool a little and finish off the cake

The inspiration for this recipe comes from:  http://sheridanfrench.blogspot.com.au