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This Date Night Chocolate Almond Espresso Cake is the perfect date night indulgence! It's rich in chocolate flavor with a hint of espresso! It's also Vegan and Gluten Free!

Seriouslyyyy! This cake is like give me a glass of wine, some chocolate cake and light some candles! It's so indulgent and rich and what's better than chocolate? .... I hope you said nothing! 😉

This cake is made with almond flour to give it a rich nutty flavor, of course a lot of chocolate and the sauce has espresso! It's like savory-sweet-melt in your mouth- give me the whole cake- delicious!

We like to try our best to have at least 1 night a week (usually Saturday) to devote to some quality time together, sometimes it's making dinner together, going out to dinner, talking, or literally just the couch and a movie! But sometimes you just want to do something a little extra special! This cake has you covered! It's the perfect dessert to end the night, or start the night if your a dessert first kinda couple 😉 no judgement here!

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Date Night Chocolate Almond Espresso Cake

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★★★★★

5 from 1 review

This Date Night Chocolate Almond Espresso Cake is the perfect date night indulgence! It's rich in chocolate flavor with a hint of espresso! It's also Vegan and Gluten Free!

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Yield: 8 1x

Ingredients

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2 cups almond meal/flour (I used Bob's Red Mill)
⅓ cup 100% cocoa powder
Pinch of sea salt
1 ½ tsp baking powder
2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flax mixed with 6 tbsp water)
¼ cup melted butter (I use Earth Balance in the red tub)
⅓ cup maple syrup
2 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I used SILK brand)
Chocolate Espresso Sauce:
4 oz. dark chocolate bar (70% or higher)
3 oz. espresso or strong brewed coffee
4 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk (I used SILK brand)

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Instructions

Pre heat the oven at 350 and spray a cake pan with non stick spray (I used a loaf style pan 4X12)
First prepare you flax eggs (if using whole flax seeds grind them up first and place in bowl with water and set aside)
In a large mixing bowl add all your dry ingredients (aloud flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder)
Melt your butter in the microwave, pour into dry ingredients, add your maple syrup and almond milk and mix until well combined.
Add your flax eggs and mix well!
Pour into your baking pan and place in oven and bake for 40 minutes
After it comes out of the oven start to prepare your sauce, chose your chocolate bar really tiny and dump into a bowl, next I used instant espresso so in a microwaveable cup add 3 oz of water and your 4 tablespoon almond milk and microwave for about 1 minute, add 1 teaspoon espresso powder, stir and pour over chocolate, continue to stir until creamy... Let sit for about 10 minutes
Flip your cake over on top a cookie sheet (or something else of your preference) and pour half the chocolate over the top and top with raspberries or strawberries!
Save the rest of the chocolate to add over each slice served!
Makes about 8-10 slices