kareno
This cake is fabulous for so many reasons! The first being the beauty of a Naked Cake. You can see the fluffy whipped cream and glorious fresh fruit and sweet drizzle of a rich chocolate sauce. The second is that is it low in processed sugar. Chocolate and fruit are the main flavor contributors, meaning you can enjoy a piece, or two, without the guilt.
Course: xxx
Cuisine: xxx
Difficulty: Easy
Servings
8
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
INGREDIENTS
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- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup apple sauce
- 3/4 cup vanilla yogurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups wholemeal flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 250g fresh strawberries
- 250g fresh blackberries
- 250g fresh blueberries
- 2 big bunches of green or red grapes
- 500g raspberries
- 500ml whipped cream
- Chocolate syrup (make your own or shop bought)
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar, optional
METHOD
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees C and prepare (spray or butter and flour) two 20cm round cake pans.
- Warm the coconut oil in microwave for up to 30 seconds; you want it softened or even melted (but not hot to the touch).
- Pour coconut oil into mixer with paddle attachment.
- Add in brown sugar, apple sauce, yogurt and vanilla extract, and mix until combined.
- In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder.
- With mixer on low, slowly add a third of the dry ingredients into the apple sauce mixture, alternating with the milk. Keep alternating until the dry ingredients and milk are gone.
- Remove bowl from the mixer and fold in chocolate chips by hand.
- Divide batter between two cake pans. Bake at 175 degrees for 22 to 26 minutes or until an inserted toothpick is removed clean.
- Cool cakes in pan for 5 minutes and then transfer to wire rack.
- Rinse all fruit so that it is shiny and clean.
- Prepare whipped cream (and prepare chocolate sauce if you are making from scratch).
- Place one cooled layer of cake on cake stand and cover in about 3/4 cup of whipped cream.
- Place a strawberry that is about 3-4cm high in the center of the cake, upside down. This will help the whipped cream to not schmoosh out when you place the next layer on.
- Now take some of your fruit and spread it around the edges of the cake. Because this is a naked cake, you will want to pay attention to how you place the fruit on the edge.
- Once cake is covered in fruit, place next layer of chocolate cake on top. Starting with a bunch of grapes that are still attached to the vine, place grapes on cake and then start building up around them. Fill in with blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, and place a few more grapes around to balance the color.
- Finally, place some strawberries around the edge and maybe even one on top.
- Drizzle chocolate sauce over cake and chill until ready to serve. If you want to add icing sugar, sprinkle immediately before serving.
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