Chocolate Mocha Cake

Servings: 9
Calories: 367.9kcal/1539.4kJ (per serving)
Fat: 33.1g (per serving)
Carbs: 37.4g (per serving)
Protein: 9.2g (per serving)

About

This chocolate cake is so rich and moist! The secret is the addition of hot coffee to the batter which hydrates the almond flour and allows it to stay moist during the baking process. The cooled cake is then frosted with fluffy cream cheese coffee chocolate frosting!

Ingredients

2 cup almond flour
1 cup the ultimate icing sugar replacement by swerve
½ cup 100% cocoa special dark by hershey's
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large raw egg
⅔ cup coffee, prepared from grounds
8 ounce cream cheese
¾ cup the ultimate icing sugar replacement by swerve
1 teaspoon boiling water
2 teaspoon instant coffee

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 350 F. Combine all the dry ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl.
In the meantime, melt the butter in a heatproof bowl in the microwave in 30-second increments until melted. Add the vanilla.
Add butter mixture to the dry mixture and slightly mix then add the eggs (mix slightly).
Add the coffee (the stronger the coffee the better!), do not add the coffee to the cake batter when it is too hot, but really warm is ok.
Taking a piece of parchment paper, fold it in half to make a triangle, so when it is unfolded it will fit an 8” x 8” square cake pan. Spray the bottom of an 8” x 8” baking pan and then place the square cut parchment paper in it and spray that as well. Fill the pan with the chocolate cake batter and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or the cake springs back to the touch.
Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting it with cream cheese frosting.
Combine the hot water and instant coffee together to dissolve the coffee. Add this into a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add room temperature cream cheese and ¾ cup of Swerve confectioners sugar. Whip until nice and fluffy about 3-4 minutes. Frost cake using an offset spatula!