| Prep Time | 40 minutes |
| Cook Time | 1 hour |
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Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE
- 1/2 cup grass fed butter melted (I used Kerry Gold unsalted)
- 7 tbsp Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa powder
- 1 1-2 tsp instant expresso
- 7 pastured eggs room temperature
- 1 tsp good vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup coconut flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2/3 cup xylitol
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream A little more is batter is too thick
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE
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Instructions
FOR THE CAKE
- preheat Oven to 350 degrees
- Grease 2 8-inch round cake pans. Line the bottoms of the pans with circles of parchment and grease the parchment as well.
- Prepare the cake batter according to the directions and divide evenly between the two prepared pans. Spread to the edges. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until the tops of the cakes are firm to the touch.
- Remove and let cool completely in the pans before flipping out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Remove the parchment paper if it has stuck to the bottoms of the cakes.
FOR THE FROSTING
- Pour the water into a small microwave-safe bowl and sprinkle with the gelatin. Let sit for a few minutes to bloom.
- .Warm gently in the microwave for about 20 seconds, then whisk to dissolve the gelatin. Let cool to lukewarm.
- .In a large bowl, beat the cream until stiff peaks form. Slowly add sweetener, and vanilla and beat until combined about a minute.
- Continue beating while slowly drizzling the gelatin mixture into the bowl. Beat until it holds stiff peaks.
- Crumble about eight of the coconut cookies and fold the into the remaining whipped cream mixture.
TO ASSEMBLE
- Place one layer of chocolate cake on a serving platter. Top with 1/3 of the frosting, spreading as evenly as possible to the edges.
- Place the 2nd layer of cake on top and top with another 1/3 of the frosting, spreading to the edges. Spread the remaining frosting all over the sides of the cake.
- Use the remaining whipped cream to pipe decorative florets on top of the cake and top each of these with a coconut wafer chocolate wafers.
Recipe Notes
Here are the cookies. NOTE* these cookies will get soft so place them on as you serve the cake.
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