Chocolate Cake for Two with a Coconut Almond Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Cakes
Keyword: cake, Chocolate, Dessert
Servings: 2servings
Author: Barbara Schieving
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Ingredients
⅓cupplus 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
¼cupsugar
1tablespooncocoa powder
¼teaspoonbaking soda
⅛teaspoonsalt
¼cuphot water
2tablespoonsvegetable oil
1teaspoonvinegar
⅛teaspoonvanilla
4ouncescream cheesesoftened
2tablespoonscoconut oilmelted and cooled
2teaspoonssour cream
¼teaspoonvanilla extract
¾cupconfectioners sugar
½cupsweetened shredded coconuttoasted
⅓cupsliced almondstoasted and slightly crushed
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 4" x 2" round cake pan with non-stick baking spray.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a small cup, whisk together water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix just until blended.
Bake 18 - 20 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Coconut Cream Cheese Filling:
Beat together cream cheese, coconut oil, sour cream, and vanilla until blended, scraping down bowl as needed. Beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Stir in cooled toasted coconut.
Assembling cake
Cut the cake in half horizontally and evenly spread one third of the frosting on the bottom half, carefully stack the top half on top of the frosting.
Frost the top and sides of the cake with the remaining frosting. Decorate with additional sliced almonds and coconut, optional. Refrigerate until ready to serve.