Candy Heart Cake (Edit recipe)

Here’s a decadent chocolate cake in the shape of an adorable candy heart. This cake is grain and dairy free. It fits the paleo diet and can be adapted for the autoimmune protocol diet.

10 minutes

30 minutes

Difficulty:

Intermediate

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This is our estimate based on online research.
Calories:	644
Fat:	38 g
Carbohydrates:	75 g
Protein:	2 g
Cholesterol:	0 g
Sodium:	1012 mg
Fiber:	2 g
Sugars:	29 g
Calculated for total recipe.

by Beth Blends

Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

Cake

1 Tbsp Organic [*Spectrum Brand, sustainably sourced] Palm Oil Shortening
2 cups Beth Blends Grain Free Flour Blend (8 oz bag)
1 cup Coconut Sugar
1/2 cup Cocoa Powder, (sub 3/4 cup carob powder for AIP)
1 tsp Sea Salt
2 Eggs, large
14 oz Coconut Milk, full-fat (1 can)
1/2 cup Pumpkin Purée
2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Frosting

2-3 cups Vanilla Frosting (Simple Mills), (see notes for vanilla frosting recipe)
1 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Red Beet Powder

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Process

Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results

To make the cake, preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
Grease the edges of a heart shaped cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
Add all the dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl and mix.
Next add all the wet ingredients to the bowl and stir together until combined.
Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
While the cake is cooking, prepare the frosting. Add the turmeric to about 2 1/2 cups of frosting. Then in a separate container, add the beet powder to the remaining 1/2 cup of frosting.
Once the cake has completely cooled, frost the cake with the yellow frosting first. Then using the cookie cutters, place an outline where you will pipe the frosting for the phrase you choose. Finally, pipe the pink frosting onto the cake to fill the letter outlines.

Notes

To make AIP, omit eggs and increase pumpkin to 1 cup. And then cook for 45 minutes. // If you are looking for an AIP, Paleo or Vegan Vanilla Frosting try this one. // 1 teaspoon vanilla powder is a good substitute for the vanilla extract in this recipe. // If you don’t have beet powder or ground turmeric, you could use food coloring. Just make sure not to use an artificial food dye. // We chose the phrase ‘bite me’ but there are many candy heart sayings. Such as ‘you rock,’ ‘love me tender,’ ‘my way,’ ‘I got u babe,’ and ‘ur mine.’