The Best Paleo Chocolate Brownie Cake. Ever. Ever, Ever.

The Best Paleo Chocolate Brownie

The Best Paleo Chocolate Brownie

The Best Paleo Chocolate Brownie

It was a birthday for one of those people closely related to The Whole Daily on the weekend and I wasn't going to make any cake.

And then at 7.30 on the morning of the big day, I was basically pulled by some unseeing force into the kitchen to get cooking.  I think it's actually in my blood to equate celebration with cake and so this brownie cake was born using ingredients at hand and the help of a mighty fine three year-old with a wooden spoon.I have to say, from picking this and that out of the fridge and pantry, deciding on the alchemy of this brownie, it was absolutely mind-blowing when we tried it.  I would LOVE to know what you think, because I have a feeling this one may go down in history. I welcome you to share your favourite brownie ideas or any tweeks that you may make to this recipe in the comments section below.

Paleo Chocolate Brownie Cake

Ingredients

• 1 medium sweet potato, grated. You will need two cups of grated raw sweet potato

• 2 eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

• 1/2 cup dates chopped finely (these add a caramel flavour to the brownie)

• 1/2 cup maple syrup for a really decadent flavour - or you can use rice malt syrup

• 1/2 cup light flavoured olive oil (generally the lighter the colour, the lighter the flavour)

• 1 tsp gluten-free baking powder

• 1/2 tsp bicarb soda

• 1 cup of raw cacao powder (or cocoa powder, unsweetened)

• 2 tbls coconut flour

Method

Instructions - preheat oven to 180C (360F)

Grease and line a 22cm square cake tin

1. Place the grated sweet potato, eggs, chopped dates, vanilla, maple syrup and olive oil into a food processor and quickly pulse to mix and combine. Turn into a bowl.

2. Add bicarb soda and baking powder as well as the raw cacao powder. Stir in the coconut flour.

3. Pour into the prepared cake tin and cake for 25-30 minutes. You want the brownie to feel moist in the center, but not wet. After you take it out of the oven it will firm up in the tin/tray

4. When you remove the tin from the oven, allow to sit for 10 minutes before you turn the brownie out so that it has the chance to firm up a bit.

5. Serve with fresh cream or coconut cream and fresh strawberries (or drizzle with melted chocolate...nomnomnom)

Signature

Love Always,recipe loosely adapted from the awesomeness at eatdrinkpaleo.com.au