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  • Serves 16
  • 75 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 14 Ingredients

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If you love coffee and you love chocolate, then this is the recipe for you. This Vegan Chocolate Coffee Cake from the GoodnessMe Box kitchen is DELISH. Topped with a cashew and coconut frosting, it is the perfect, healthy, sweet treat.

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I don’t think I could think of a better combo than coffee and chocolate, can you? It reminds me of the German tradition of ‘Kaffee und Kuchen’ (coffee and cake), and the Swedish ‘fika’ (having a coffee and cake break from work with friends): the equivalent of the English teatime. And because this recipe for a vegan chocolate coffee cake is vegan, it’s a litter healthier for you than the sugar-rich traditional chocolate cake. This recipe for vegan chocolate coffee cake gets its sweetness naturally from the bananas and maple syrup in the ingredients, but if you’re still finding it too sweet, then getting rid of the syrup and just sticking to the bananas for natural sugar is a great way to go. And to make this vegan chocolate coffee cake that little bit more of a treat is the delicious cashew and coconut frosting. The serving suggestion of adding fresh or frozen raspberries will also give each bite a fruity tang.

This recipe for can be enjoyed all through the day! You could have a slice of vegan chocolate coffee cake for morning tea to power you through the rest of the day, or afternoon tea to keep you going until dinner. It would be perfect as a healthy dessert, or even as a cheeky breakfast on a lazy Sunday morning.


Ingredients (serves 16)

  • 450g mashed banana
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp Organic Mountain coffee
  • 3 cups almond meal
  • 1/2 cup ground flaxseed meal
  • 1 cup raw cacao powder
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup raw cashews, soaked for at least 2 hours
  • 1/2 cup coconut cream
  • 1/4 cup coconut butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C fan-forced and line a cake tin with baking paper.
  2. Blend bananas, maple syrup, coconut oil, vanilla and espresso powder in a blender or food processor until smooth and creamy.
  3. In a bowl combine the almond meal, flaxseed, cacao powder and baking powder.
  4. Pour the banana mixture over the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
  5. Spoon into a prepared baking tin and smooth out the top.
  6. Bake for 1 hour or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
  7. Meanwhile combine all of the frosting ingredients into a blender until smooth.
  8. Once the cake is cool spread over frosting and top with raspberries and coconut.

Oh my goodness! How good does this look? Let us know your thoughts once you've whipped up this little beauty! If you're after similar recipes, you might like to have a look at a few of these:  
  • This cake would be delightful for anyone, vegan or not! Thanks for sharing.

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  • My kids would love this.

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  • It does look and sound yummy but I have no chance of purchasing a few of these ingredients. I live in a small country town and our shops don’t stock the products needed. Will pass the recipe on to friends and family though

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  • It sounds so good and looks so delicious

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  • Sounds divine. Coffee and Chocolate cake. I’m not vegan, but I tend to order vegan options off the menu as they’re not things I would make at home. Loving this though.

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  • Vegan things have come so far from when they first started and everything just tasted wrong/bad.
    This recipe sounds delish though – thank you for sharing.

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  • Love a good coffee cake, even better with some cocoa. Presented very well also, how delightful!

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  • This recipe has a few too many ingredients for me but from the photo it looks really good. Perfect for a vegan. I do like coconut cream in a cake

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  • thanks for sharing

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  • Great recipe for vegans. Good to know!

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  • I will pass it on to my friends who are vegan,thanks!

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  • What an excellent options for my entire family

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  • I’m going to have to try the frosting even on it’s own. Sounds great

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  • oh this does look interesting …i love the ingredients . A nice healthy treat.

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  • Sounds like it would taste delicious, however it seems like it would be quite high in fat. I’d love to know what to use in stead of almond meal too so that I could make it and my kids can take some to school.

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