Chocolate Avocado Cake With Chocolate Avocado Frosting

• Vegan

• Produce

  • 1 Avocado, ripe
  • 2 Avocados, large ripe

• Baking & Spices

  • 3 cup All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 6 tbsp Cocoa powder, unsweetened
  • 4 tbsp Cocoa powder
  • 2 cup Granulated sugar
  • 2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/4 cup Vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp White vinegar

• Liquids

  • 2 cups Water

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Description

Ingredients

• For the cake:
• 3 cup all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 ripe avocado, mashed until very smooth
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoon white vinegar
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cup granulated sugar
• For the frosting:
• 2 large ripe avocados, peeled and pitted
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 4 Tbsp. cocoa powder

Directions

• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and flour a tube pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, avocado, water, vinegar and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.
• Whisk sugar into the wet mix.
• Add the wet mixture to the flour mixture all at once. Beat with a whisk (by hand) until smooth.
• Pour batter into a greased tube pan. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Let cake cool in pan for 15 - 20 minutes on a cooling rack. Turn cake out onto cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
• For buttercream frosting:
• Scoop avocados out into a food processor. Process until smooth, about 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down avocado with spatula if necessary.
• Add powdered sugar and cocoa powder to pureed avocado. Process for another minute or until creamy and combined, stopping once to scrape down mixture if necessary.
• Frost cake. Let cake sit a few hours before serving, allowing time for flavors to blend.
• Enjoy : )