The Perfect Paleo Chocolate Cake

The perfect paleo chocolate cake is right around the corner, friends! This easy, blender cake is full of decadent chocolate flavor and a delicious crumb. It’s so easy you’ll be making it again and again!

Chocolate Dilemas.

Ever since going grain-free a few years ago, it’s been a dream of mine to come up with the perfect chocolate cake. The perfect paleo chocolate cake. And preferably a chocolate cake that can be suited for the GAPS Diet. 

I’d already discovered what my family deemed the perfect coconut flour brownies, the perfect homemade hot chocolate, and the perfect paleo chocolate chip cookies. (Though sadly I lost the cookie recipe… ’cause #mombrain.) But up until last year the perfect paleo chocolate cake eluded me. All my attempts were either too dry, or too brownie-like. Not that brownie-like is a bad thing, mind you, it just doesn’t really work for a birthday cake at my house.

But last summer, when figuring out what to make for my 3 year-old’s upcoming birthday, I hit gold.

The Perfect Paleo Chocolate Cake.

I wasn’t really expecting the cake to come out as well as it did. After all, I pretty much just threw a couple ingredients in my Blendtec, pureed, poured it into my handy little springform pan, and baked it. But it came out amazingly.

So I experimented. Coffee instead of almond milk… Applesauce instead of olive oil… Tapioca flour instead of coconut flour… Perfect every. stinkin’. time.

Gold, I tell ya.

The easiest cake ever.

Like I said, this chocolate cake can’t get much easier. It’s pretty much a blend and dump cake, which means all you have to clean is a blender (not hard at all if you have a Blendtec). It’s firm enough to slice in half length-wise to make a little layer cake, and soft enough to have a tender perfect crumb.

It doesn’t even need frosting (though I do include my favorite recipe for that below)!

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The variations.

Since this cake can have many variations, it can fit easily in the GAPS Diet. I do always use eggs in it, so I can’t say for sure if it will work egg-free, but I’m working on that.

So far, my favorite flavor combination is olive oil and coffee. I think they both give the cake a nice, deep flavor. But for my kiddos I usually use coconut milk and applesauce for a lighter flavor. And my kids absolutely adore this cake. Even my 7 year-old, who’s consistently disliked her birthday cakes for the past 3 years. 

More perfect chocolateness.

While I know you’re really here for the cake recipe, you’ll probably love these other delicious paleo chocolate goodies, too. They’re all super easy (’cause I don’t really do complicated), and pretty healthy, too! Healthy enough for breakfast, just like this cake. 😉

• Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
• Chocolate Avocado Nice Cream
• Paleo Chocolate Sweet Potato Smoothie Bowl
• Dark Chocolate Triple Berry Muffins
• Chocolate Peppermint Frosty
• Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding (or any nut butter)

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