This Chocolate Avocado Cake is an insanely delicious, moist, rich, decadent cake that you would never know had avocado in it!
Chocolate Avocado Cake
I was strolling through the grocery store the other day with Olivia. I had only a few things on my list… milk, beef, avocados, and cereal. Those are the staples in our house because we have taco’s at least twice a week. And drink lots of milk! But there was such a great price on avocados I bought a bunch.
After a relaxing shopping trip (which is quite honestly a reward in itself) I got home and realized that I may have added a few things to my list.
Chocolate. Lots of chocolate. And fruit. Lovely organic fruit. And maybe some more chocolate.
So what would I do with all these organic avocados, chocolate, and raspberries?
Bake a cake of course. I mean, I am baker. But then I had to go about finding a recipe that would accommodate such unique ingredients. After testing quite a few, I settled upon a recipe that yielded the most moist, dense, rich chocolate cake I have ever had.
It was exactly like a cake I had in a high-end artisan bakery that was charging $12 a slice!
How to Make Chocolate Avocado Cake
Make sure the avocado is mashed fine. If you can, use a food processor.
Coffee is recommended in this recipe, but if you would prefer to not use it, feel free to substitute water.
I highly recommend using GOOP (Homemade Baking Spray) to prepare your pans for this recipe. Because the cake is SO moist and dense I found that it stuck a bit when using a baking spray.
Chocolate Avocado Cake and Chocolate Buttercream
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- 5 -6 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped
- ¼ cup 32g baking cocoa
- 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ cup (50g) vegetable oil
- 2 cups (460g) coffee
- 1 large ripe fresh avocado, cut lengthwise, pitted, and mashed (no chunks)
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (200g) brown sugar
Chocolate Buttercream
- 1½ cups (340g) butter, room temperature
- 4 cups (500g) confectioners' sugar
- ¾ cup (94g) baking cocoa
- 4 tablespoons (60ml) heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 pinch table salt
Instructions
Chocolate Cake
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare two 8" round baking pans with baker's spray or GOOP.
- Combine chocolate, cocoa powder and three tablespoons of coffee in a heat-proof bowl. (The best way to do this is the brew coffee and place 2 cups into a medium bowl. Remove 3 tablespoons. You will use the remainder in a moment.)
- Place bowl over a pot of simmering water, gently stir until melted and combined. Remove from heat. (You can also melt in microwave. Heat for 30 seconds then switch to 10-second increments. Stir between each heating.)
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
- In another bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, remaining coffee, avocado,and both sugars. Stir in the slightly cooled chocolate.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Whisk until fully combined and smooth, scraping the side of the bowls completely. (try to not over mix)
- Divide batter between both baking pans. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Chocolate Buttercream
- In a the bowl of an electric stand mixer, fitted with whisk attachment whisk butter and sugar on medium high speed until very pale and fluffy or about five minutes.
- Be sure to stop at least once and scrape the bowl.
- With the mixer off, add in cocoa powder, vanilla and salt.
- Turn mixer on low and blend for about 30 seconds.
- One tablespoon at a time add in heavy cream.
- Once all cream has been added and mixture is mostly combined, turn off the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Now turn the mixer onto medium-high to high and whisk for 3-5 minutes or until mixture is lighter and fluffier. The frosting will be shiny and seem to have many large air bubbles throughout and this is exactly what we are going for. (You can smooth those out on the cake if so desired.)
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Amanda I suggest you give an amount in cups or grams for the avocado. I come from a country where you can buy an avocado measuring 20 inches lengthwise and weighing over 3 lbs! No jocking! You can bake several chocolate cakes with this amount
What can you substitute for the coffee I can’t be substituted thanks in advance.
You post the best recipes!!!!
I made this for my family of 6. It was delicious! I couldn’t get a picture because they ate most of it immediately! Your recipes are fantastic , thank you for sharing.
do you make two separate recipes for the four layer as shown in the picture.
Is it ok to add all the ingredients needed for a four layer cake at the same time in one batch
Woiuld it work if I substitute Pepsi for the coffee? I cannot stand the smell or the taste of coffee!
So yummy, thanks.
I am eagerly looking forward to making this cake. Thank you for the recipe. Judi
One major question about the avocado chocolate cake–do you taste the avocado or does the chocolate mask it? I am hoping for the latter.
Love chocolate cake and avocados, so it has to be a winner of a recipe as are all your recipes that I have tried. My question is how this would do as a sheet cake? And what changes would you recommend? I have issues with layers and when I make cakes always do sheet cakes.
Hi Bethany! I might decrease the baking time and make sure you have at least a 10×15 sheet pan. Happy baking! 🙂