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Paleo Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting (Grain-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free)

Deliciously Organic is 10 years old, so let’s celebrate with a Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting! The cake is not only grain-free, but also nut-free and dairy-free so we can all enjoy!

I started this blog ten years ago simply because I had friends who were attending my at-home cooking classes and kept asking me the same questions. I thought, “Well, I’ve heard about this thing called a ‘food blog,’ so I’ll start one so I can have a helpful resource for my friends.”

I never thought in a million years it would turn into publishing two cookbooks, having millions of readers each year, becoming a Nutritional Therapist for Biodynamic Wellness, and getting to know so many of you through this little corner of the internet.

Thank you for coming back week after week and year after year and allowing me to share what I’ve learned with you!


To add a bit more fun to things, let’s do a good ‘ole blog giveaway! Here’s what one of you will have shipped to your front doorstep!

  1. A copy of Deliciously Organic and The Grain-Free Family Table.
  2. A doTERRA Home Essentials Kit – y’all know how much I love using essential oils, so I want to share the love with one of you! The kit comes with 15ml bottles of: lemon, lavender, Breathe, Digest Zen, OnGuard, Melaleuca, Peppermint, Frankincense, Oregano, a 5ml bottle of Deep Blue and a petal diffuser.
  3. All-Clad 12-Quart Multi Cooker 3-Piece Stainless Steel Set – this is my favorite pot for making broth and soups, steaming vegetables, and more!

Take a look at the box below to see the 4 ways to enter. Good luck!

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF and adjust the rack to the middle position. Place the coconut flour, sea salt, and baking soda in a small bowl and whisk to combine. In a medium bowl, whisk together the 8 ounces melted chocolate, maple syrup, eggs, yogurt and vanilla extract. Whisk in the coconut flour mixture until smooth. Let the batter sit for 10 minutes.
  2. Pour the batter into two 9-inch buttered cake pans. Bake for 20-23 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool for 10 minutes, then revert onto a cooling rack.
  3. Place the palm shortening, maple syrup, vanilla extract, arrowroot, gelatin and melted chocolate in the bowl of a standing mixture and whisk for 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
  4. To assemble: Place one cake layer on a cake stand and top with one third of the frosting. Spread frosting evenly on the cake. Place second cake layer on top and use remaining frosting to frost the top and sides of the cake.

Notes

I only test the recipes on my site with the listed ingredients and measurements. If you would like to try a substitution, you are welcome to share what you used and how it turned out in the comments below. Thanks!

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208 Comments

  7. Nicole T

    October 8, 2018 at 3:44 pm

    My family & I love your recipes!! The original Chocolate Cake w/ Chocolate Buttercream is one of our favorites & is a hit with everyone at our family gatherings (even those with no food restrictions) so I can’t wait to try this one!
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  9. Jaime

    October 8, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    My favorite thing to bake for a celebration is my Grandma's Banana Bar recipe that my mom and I turned grainfree and refined sugar free. Banana bars are like a moister, more gooey version of banana bread, in a pan like brownies, with chocolate chips! Always a crowd favorite!
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  14. Jayme O.

    October 8, 2018 at 5:18 pm

    We love to serve your Southwest Stuffed Peppers when we have friends and family over! Sooo good and they always want your recipe afterward. ?So thankful for all your knowledge! Again, congratulations to you ?
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  19. Marcy Mo

    October 8, 2018 at 6:35 pm

    Your are such an amazing resource, I’ve been following and reading your blog for years! I can’t wait to make this cake, I think it’s going to be the new go to when my son and daughter in law are over!
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  21. Anita

    October 8, 2018 at 7:40 pm

    When it’s time for a family get together we always have potato bake and pavlova on our dessert table. It’s a must for every Australian get together. Love your webpage, I have been following Deliciously Organic since 2012 and your site was where I first came to know about essential oils and great food. Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary and what you have achieved. I love your website it is my #1 site. Thanks for all the information and support you have given me over the years. ?
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  34. Chelsea Lamping

    October 8, 2018 at 11:44 pm

    Your chocolate chip cookies have been out family favorite since you made them for us in 2010. Congrats on 10 years! We make a Dutch cocoa cake for every family birthday, but we’ve been looking for a yummy grain-free alternative. Can’t wait to try this cake!
    Reply to this comment

  35. Valerie

    October 8, 2018 at 11:49 pm

    You’re one of my favorites! I’ve been recommending you for years!! I just need to find a sugar substitute for this one dessert! I don’t eat sugar but everything else in this cake looks perfect!
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  40. Amanda J

    October 9, 2018 at 8:44 am

    Great giveaway! Thanks for another incredible recipe. For company, I’d fix a cheesecake or a chocolate tart. Or cinnamon rolls. I guess I’d have to say the chocolate tart is my favorite though, but I love all of them!
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  41. Danielle

    October 9, 2018 at 9:49 am

    A family favorite in our house is yellow cake with caramel icing. It's the cake my grandmother used to always make, so it brings back such wonderful memories. And it's delicious too!
    Reply to this comment

  52. Debbie Smith

    October 11, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    I recently made your apple pancake recipe and loved it so I'll be making it again soon when my family comes to visit. We use a chocolate cake recipe very similar to yours but I think I'll try yours next because I know that icing will be well received! :)
    Reply to this comment

  53. kim dwyer

    October 12, 2018 at 1:24 pm

    Carrie, Can't wait to try out this recipe ~ I have been newly diagnosed with Lymphoma and Fibromyalgia and am trying to eat healthier and cleaner. Thank you so much for all your yummy recipes! <3
    Reply to this comment

  54. Alli B.

    October 12, 2018 at 1:27 pm

    I love making comfort food when I have my family and friends over: in the summer it’s time to grill out with chicken or steak, fresh veggies, and cookies or pie. In the winter I love making a huge pot of chili or chicken noodle soup, biscuits, and brownies or cake for dessert!
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  56. Amber

    October 12, 2018 at 1:36 pm

    I've been grain free for 4 months and use your blog daily to find recipes. My favorite is your No Bake Chocolate Cookies. I make these each week and have used them as dessert for my son's birthday party, take them along when meeting up with friends and I pack them in my kids' lunches for a sweet healthy treat! Love them!!
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  60. Terissa

    October 12, 2018 at 1:43 pm

    My favorite recipe to make from you is not a dessert, though that is my favorite genre of food & you shine in that category ! When one of my kids comes home for a visit, I always send them home with one of your sheet pan dinners. ( sausage, potato & spinach or roasted chicken & vegs) They love having it for their lunches during their busy work week. And I feel so happy knowing they are eating something healthy/nourishing, even though they don't eat grain free as I do. Happy decade birthday Deliciously Organic, keep up the good work !
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  93. Megan

    October 12, 2018 at 3:28 pm

    Your Pineapple Upside Down Cake (Grain Free) was our special cake to celebrate summer birthdays at a family get together this year. Everyone loved it - it will be the new tradition! I will be looking for any excuse to make it from now on. Thank you for your wonderful knowledge and recipes!
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  96. Sheila

    October 12, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    Love your blog and love making your fudgy brownies for desert at family dinners. Can't wait to try this chocolate cake recipe, it might bump the brownies off the menu! Congrats on 10 years!
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  97. Pam

    October 12, 2018 at 3:39 pm

    One of my and my husband’s favorite recipe when we have company is the pork chops with green onions and mushrooms. No one has ever left disappointed! In fact my husband doesn’t want me to make any other pork chop recipe but this one. I’m serious! ??
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  103. Lisa

    October 12, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    This cake looks amazing and I can’t wait to make it! When we get together for special celebrations we definitely always have some kind of cake, cobbler or pie to celebrate (usually the person we are celebrating picks the dessert). Now that we eat gluten and dairy free I use your cookbooks to try to find the perfect dessert!
    Reply to this comment

  104. Stacey S

    October 12, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    My favorite thing to make for family celebrations is lots and lots of food!!! I like to use those times to try out new recipes, call me crazy! 9 times out of 10, it all works out well Thanks so much for a chance to win!
    Reply to this comment

  106. Amy

    October 12, 2018 at 4:05 pm

    Congratulations! Been following your blog for a while and enjoy and appreciate your recipes. As well as blog posts. I've been making your Salted Carmel sauce for our last couple of large family dinners. Served over homemade ice cream. So good! I have a hard time not licking the jar...who are we kidding...I lick the jar ;) Thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
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  140. Beth R in TN

    October 12, 2018 at 10:38 pm

    We have a lot of food allergies, so I love to make something grain free, dairy free, nut free, and egg free that people who can have those ingredients still think is fabulous. A good one is Mongolian beef stir fry. I use Briggs aminos instead of soy sauce and more veggies to elimainte the need for rice as filler, or I make cauliflower 'rice' Poole are shocked at what isn’t in it ?
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  143. Shay

    October 12, 2018 at 11:13 pm

    I love all your advice, especially on well Wednesday and I have learned so much from you! Thank you! I love baking anything that satisfies the sweet tooth, but my family has dubbed me as the official chocolate chip cookie maker. I also love a good homemade taco soup especially during the fall and winter seasons.
    Reply to this comment

  146. Laura

    October 13, 2018 at 1:27 am

    My family celebrates with anything chocolate...gluten free or grain free, dairy free, made with coconut sugar or maple syrup...cake, brownies, donuts, fudge/candy, ice cream...depends on the time of year and who is celebrating. Happy 10 Years!
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  150. Kamal

    October 13, 2018 at 6:34 am

    Happy 10 Years! This cake sounds and looks amazing. Our family celebrates usually with a variety of different finger food - e.g., vegetable dumplings, dips and something sweet - usually chocolate related.
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  151. Beth

    October 13, 2018 at 7:04 am

    How very disappointing to find out this is NOT actually nut free. While many consider coconut NOT to be a nut. The FDA recognizes it as a tree nut. And many of us with severe food allergies use the FDA guidelines to keep us safe. While i always always double and triple check before ingesting anything Inwas hopeful that a well known blog would consider following FDA guidelines to keep people safe. How sad and disappointing. Particularly since you specify Enjoy Life Foods chocolate which is coconut free.
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  154. Angela B.

    October 13, 2018 at 9:07 am

    Congratulations on 10 years! I have your grain-free cookbook and make your homemade granola recipe quite often. We like to make cakes for celebrations, and can't wait to try this chocolate cake recipe! Thank you for your commitment to sharing healthy recipes!
    Reply to this comment

  156. Suz Hurst

    October 13, 2018 at 10:10 am

    I love when your recipes are also grain-free, so my "Keto" family members are willing to try my healthy recipes ... they're mostly skeptical, but I usually prove them wrong, thanks to your awesome recipes.
    Reply to this comment

  158. Lora

    October 13, 2018 at 11:36 am

    For guests I like to make a parsnip and leek soup or for dessert beautiful coconut flour muffins with blueberries. Yum!! Thank you for your blog! I truly enjoy it!! Glad you are safe from the storm!
    Reply to this comment

  160. Elle

    October 13, 2018 at 1:32 pm

    I started following your blog two months ago, when I found out I had Hashimotos. I'd had an overactive thyroid for the past five years, but when, according to my endocrinologist, my numbers were finally "in normal range", I felt worse than ever. I went to my regular physician (a natural health doctor) and they discovered that my Hashimotos numbers were very high. Reading your story was very encouraging- it's great to know that you can actually cure the disease. I eat an all organic diet, though not completely gluten free, and use essential oils. My doctor prescribed Low Dose Naltrexone for a time and a small amount of NatureThroid. I've also started something called Natural Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) to eliminate inflamation. Have you ever heard of it?
    Reply to this comment

    • Deliciously Organic

      October 15, 2018 at 5:06 pm

      NAET is very helpful while you're working to heal the root issues, but it's not a long-term solution. I used it when I was reacting to literally everything I came in contact with and it really helped! I'm glad you've found a practitioner who listens and can help you! :)
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  169. Janna

    October 13, 2018 at 8:23 pm

    When were celebrating with friends and family we live a good chocolate cake for birthdays. Can’t WAIT to try this one! Otherwise we love monkey toes, scotcheroos and even just regular Rice Krispie bars. Love making s piocoucske at Christmas time. Rarely make anything with sugar anymore tho so have had to adapt a lot of these or keep them to once a year or so:) Wownwhy an INCREDIBLE giveaway!!!
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  173. Diane

    October 14, 2018 at 9:33 am

    Favorite recipe? That's such a good question. I guess it's a bowl of my homemade chicken vegetable soup. It's soul warming thanks to learning how to make amazing bone broth.. ;) You are so inspirational Carrie! Congratulations on your milestone!! And best wishes to many more years and more influence and success than you can ever imagine.
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  175. Brandi

    October 14, 2018 at 3:29 pm

    I love to make chocolate chip cookies as a special treat. I love that you have these cake recipes too. I was recently diagnosed with Hashis and have cut out gluten and sometimes I feel like I won't be able to enjoy these things anymore but it's not true... it's just a little more difficult.
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  180. Carla Bohentin

    October 14, 2018 at 7:01 pm

    Happy Anniversary! I have been gluten free for about a year now. I’m still looking for a good recipe for celebrations so I’m looking forward to trying out this cake recipe. Thank you!!!
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  186. G

    October 14, 2018 at 10:05 pm

    You are such an inspiration to me in so many levels! Thank you for teaching and sharing such simple truths and useful information. I look forward to your weekly newsletter, and if I had to pick one favorite recipe, it would have to be the Zingers.
    Reply to this comment

  187. Susan

    October 14, 2018 at 11:34 pm

    It has been a long time since I've been able to celebrate, unfortunately I live alone. But when I get together with my son we love to share a traditional Romanian meal passed down through the generations.
    Reply to this comment

  188. Laura A.

    October 15, 2018 at 1:58 am

    When I am celebrating something with family, I love to bake something that will be shared over coffee and/or tea. The pumpkin roll cake recipe has become my favorite recipe for family celebrations particularly for Thanksgiving. It is easy to bake and tastes as good as a version containing refined sugar and grains. You don't need all the bad stuff for it to taste delicious.
    Reply to this comment

  189. Manette Gutterman

    October 15, 2018 at 5:51 am

    I’m usually assigned sweet potato pudding for our family Thanksgiving because it’s a winning dish for me. This year I’m making a ton of it for our church’s Thanksgiving.
    Reply to this comment

  197. LJ

    October 15, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    Your website/cookbooks are my go to for anything. Some of my family's favorites are the brownies, carmel sauce (for apple slices), apple pancake, and roasted butterfly chicken with red onions.
    Reply to this comment

  199. Lindsay A.

    October 15, 2018 at 11:12 pm

    Congrats on your 10 year Blogiversary! :D This site looks like an amazing resource & I’m eager to explore it! This cake looks so droolworthy. A couple of my favorite recipes to make for special occasions and visitors are recipes that were my mom’s favorites, since it feels like a way of keeping her memory right alongside me in the kitchen. One of them is her quiche recipe which she gave to me. The other is a lemon bar recipe that I found and adapted, & which quickly became one of her favorites.
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