Food Babe’s Pound Cake with Chocolate Icing
 
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Serves: 8 - 12
Ingredients
  • For Cake:
  • 3 tbsp of ground flaxseed + 9 tbsp of warm water
  • 2 and ¼ cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 1 and ⅓ cup of coconut oil or butter
  • ¾ cup coconut palm sugar
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup of almond or coconut milk
  • For Frosting:
  • 3 tbsp coconut oil or butter
  • 4 ounces good quality dark chocolate chopped
  • 1 cup of powdered sugar (I normally don’t use powerded sugar in my baking so I made my own powdered sugar by grinding coconut palm sugar in my coffee grinder and adding 1 tbsp of arrowroot powder, it still dissolves nicely in the icing without lumps)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and thoroughly grease a loaf pan
  2. Combine flaxseed and water, mix well in a large bowl, and set aside for 5 mins
  3. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl
  4. In the bowl with flaxseed, add sugar, other wet ingredients and mix well
  5. Slowly incorporate flour mixture (about a half a cup at a time) into liquid mixture
  6. Pour batter into the greased loaf pan
  7. Bake for 60 mins, it will be done when a toothpick comes out clean
  8. Remove from oven and let cool at least 45 minutes (this is important)
  9. While cake is cooling, melt chocolate and coconut oil on top of the stove using a double boiler
  10. Once chocolate has melted, remove from heat and add powdered sugar. Whisk mixture well, adding a few tablespoons of water at a time to thin out the icing to desired consistency
  11. Recipe makes a generous amount of icing, enjoy it all and don’t forget to lick the bowl clean!
Notes
***Please buy all organic ingredients if possible***
Recipe by Food Babe at https://foodbabe.com/decadent-pound-cake-with-chocolate-frosting/