Easy gluten-free cake made with sweet potatoes. This paleo birthday cake is a rich chocolate blackout cake topped with a creamy sunbutter frosting, made with sweet potatoes.
This cake will knock the socks off your guests. Healthy and non-healthy eaters alike love this cake! It’s easy to make in a pinch in the food processor. Enjoy!
This is the food processor I use in this recipe, find it here.
And this is the black cocoa powder I use to bake this recipe, find it here.
The cake pans I am using in this recipe are 6″ spring rom cake pans. I get mine from Amazon.
Paleo Birthday Cake
Easy gluten-free cake made with sweet potatoes. This paleo birthday cake is a rich chocolate blackout cake topped with a creamy sunbutter frosting, made with sweet potatoes. This cake will knock the socks off your guests. Healthy and non-healthy eaters alike love this cake! It's easy to make in a pinch in the food processor. Enjoy!
Servings 12 servings
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups sweet potato minced
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup black cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1 tablespoon espresso powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
Frosting
- 1 cup mashed sweet potato
- 1 cup soft medjool dates pitted
- 1/2 cup avocado
- 1/2 cup sunflower butter or other nut butter for non-nut-free option
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- pinch of salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line the bottom of two 6" spring form cake pans with rounds of parchment paper.
- In a food processor mince sweet potato. Then in a blender combine all ingredients for cake until smooth.
- Divide batter in-between the two cake pans. Bake on 350F for 45 minutes, then chill in freezer or fridge while you make frosting.
- For frosting, steam sweet potato cubes, then drain water, and mash, then combine with rest of frosting ingredients until smooth (about 5 minutes). Frost cake and top with sprinkles or other decoration.