Almond Flour Chocolate Cake
You can make this tender, moist almond flour chocolate cake using a handful of ingredients in only a couple of simple steps. Use our frosting recipe or your favorite frosting in this almond flour cake recipe.
Servings: 1 8-inch 2-layer cake
Calories: 387kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup melted unsalted butter cooled
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups fine almond flour
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ⅔ cup powdered sugar or powdered sugar free sweetener
- 2 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees F.
- Line the bottoms of two 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper rounds, then spray with nonstick baking spray; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, melted and cooled butter, and vanilla extract. Mix until thoroughly combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the almond flour, coconut flour, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until well combined.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared baking pans and bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool completely in the pan (at least 30 minutes) before removing. Remove the parchment paper liner and frost as desired with Chocolate Frosting.
Notes
- Allow your ingredients to come to room temperature before mixing the batter.
- Mix the batter by hand not with an electric hand mixer, as you do not want to overmix.
- Spoon the almond flour into the measuring cup, and then level it, rather than scooping in to the container.
- Powdered sweetener will create a smoother batter for this almond flour cake.
- You can make the chocolate cake layers up to a few days ahead of time. Store them well-wrapped in the fridge until you're ready to frost them.
- Cake layers can also be frozen, well-wrapped, for up to three months. I suggest frosting this chocolate cake the day you serve it.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 387kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 124mg | Sodium: 381mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 12g