Chocolate & Almond Butter Swirl Cake
A gift to us from pastry chef Bebe Carminito, @champagneandcookies !
"I love this cake and I think one of my favorite food pairings hands down, is nut butter and chocolate. This cake can be made with any natural nut butter of your choice and here I chose Almond Butter sans the sugar to keep this refined sugar free. This can be served with a little whipped cream, ice cream and makes a delicious dessert or snack. It bakes really quick, about 26 minutes, but be sure to check with a toothpick or cake tester to gauge doneness because every oven is different. I hope you love this cake as much as I do. This 9” round serves about 9 and be sure to keep wrapped in an airtight container in the refrigerator, just bring to room temp before serving."
- Bebe
- Cook 26 min
- Serves 9-inch round, serves approximately 9
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp unsalted European-style butter, room temperature
- 1.25 cup Just Date Sugar
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 1.25 tsp almond extract (added to milk)
- 1 cup whole milk, room temperature
- 1/2 cup almond butter or peanut butter (no sugar added, like Justin's)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line 9-inch springform with parchment.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In stand mixer, cream butter and Just Date Sugar on low 1 minute, then medium 2 minutes until fluffy.
- Scrape sides. Whisk together eggs, almond extract, and milk in separate bowl.
- Alternate adding egg mixture and dry ingredients starting and ending with dries in 4 additions.
- Mix 2 minutes until homogeneous. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl thoroughly.
- Spoon batter into prepped pan and smooth with offset spatula.
- Top with almond butter 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Swirl almond butter through batter with skewer or knife.
- Tap pan to release air bubbles.
- Bake in center of oven 26-27 minutes until toothpick test clean and cake pulls from sides.
- Cool completely on wire rack (about 45 minutes). Remove from pan and peel parchment before slicing.
