Paleo Chocolate Birthday Cake

• 1 cup coconut flour
• 3/4 cup cacao powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 9 eggs
• 3/4 cup coconut oil
• 1 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 3/4 cup brewed coffee
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1 BIRTHDAY CAKE ICING
• 2 package baker's German sweet chocolate (4 oz)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 package cream cheese, softened (8 oz)
• 1 quart coconut whipped topping

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Grease cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper
3. Combine coconut flour, cacao, baking soda and salt in a small bowl and set aside
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer, with whisk attachment, whisk the eggs
5. Add the oil, maple syrup, coffee and vanilla extract and continue to mix until combined
6. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients
7. Mix on low speed until the dry ingredients are incorporated - about 30 seconds. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl (you may need to do this a couple of times) and beat cake batter on high speed for about one full minute so that the batter is fluffy
8. Divide batter between the two prepared pans; it will be thick (Spread it out evenly in the pan)
9. Combine icing ingredients then spread on cake

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/paleo-chocolate-birthday-cake-5798b918437fcffe02f722f5 (may not work)