Raw chocolate cake with raw chocolate-coconut ganache frosting.
To make it, I used Katie’s recipe for raw chocolate cake, then made a huge batch of Averie’s coconut oil chocolate for “frosting.”
The best part? Licking the bowl J
I made the cake for when Mike and his parents come over for dinner this evening. Also on the menu:
- Grilled tilapia with mango-avocado salsa
- Vegan tortilla lasagna
- Grilled veggies
- Super Charge Me cookies and coconut gelato
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Breakfast this morning was a bowl of TJ’s high-fiber cereal with blueberries and a white peach.
Loving the blueberry-peach combo- summer’s last hurrah!
The weather today is pretty chilly for August (low 70s), so I took advantage of the break in humidity and went for a 4-mile run. It made me so excited for perfect running weather in the fall!
Around 10:30, I had some “brunch” before doing errands:
PB&Co.’s The Bee’s Knees on Alvarado Street Bakery multigrain bread…
Plus two big sliced peaches.
I’ve eaten six peaches in the last 24 hours!
After stops at the grocery store and Target, I had a Flatout with salsa and some red grapes:
I figured I should probably eat real food before gorging myself on chocolate J
Off to the kitchen!
What’s your favorite dish to make for company?
What are you most excited about this fall?
31 comments:
That cake looks SO good! I wish I had a slice right now.
Can I come for dinner? That cake looks INCREDIBLE!
I always make cakes and desserts for company :)
Fall = the approach of Christmas = HAPPINESS!
Your cake looks amazing! Love your colorful bowl of cereal too! You make me want to be outside so bad (well not today in the rain but ya know). I never really have company over but if I did..I would try to make cookies or brownies! Haha I am so not creative.
Those peaches are gorgeous! What I would give for weather in the seventies- today we're having 108 degree heatwave and it's PAINFUL. That raw vegan chocolate cake looks delicious- I'm not a big raw or vegan eater but that looks incredible and I'm sure it tastes great as well :)
I usually bake my buttermilk chocolate cake for guests. It's a winner for sure.
I'm looking forward to apples, pumpkin, hot cocoa and FOOTBALL!
Hi pretty! First off, thank you so much for your support these past couple days. It's meant a lot to me!
Hrrrm, fave thing to make for company? I haven't really cooked for an audience. I do like making cheetahs, enchiladas and blondies for others, though! Not all together...
I am looking forward to fall fashion! I love the layering, jeans and boots and jackets and scarves and playing with silhouettes.... Oh, and pumpkin-cinnamon flava flavs!
Hope your day is fabby, love!
YUM! My favorite thing in the world is licking the bowl. Its usually half the reason I make things anyway haha
Im insanely excited for football and tailgating. I LOVE it. Oh and apple orchards and pumpkin pie oats :)
Hope everything is going marvelously well in your world!
xo-Molly
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im looking foward to hoodies and sweaters!! by this time in august, im sick of flip flops! although, come january, ill look back and say what was i thinking!? lol
you seem like an incredible hostess!!! you would make an outstanding caterer!! (my dream job fyi!)
i luv baking for company...cookies, pies, cakes, you name it. "real food" aint my forte!
have an awesome night and take lots of pics
xoxoxo o and remember what sabrina says, pour urself a glass of wine before the guests arrive lol
mike's parents are SO lucky... can i come?
good luck and enjoy yourself!
oh my that cake looks divine! much like my birthday cake.
my favorite thing to make is an intense veggie pasta--always a crowd pleaser!
and fall--cinnamon infused smoothies,spaghetti squash, and sweaters!
WOw, that dinner menu (cake too!) looks incredible, can I come for dinner too?!
Fav fall... gina said it best, pumpkin spice lattes!!! Still have yet to make super charge me cookies and i. want. to.!!! damn not having an oven where I live atm... next time i'm home, on the to-do list!
That cake is beautiful!!! I love how shiny the "frosting" is!!
The menu sounds great!!!!!! Can't wait to see how it turns out!!!!!
girl you are totally gonna be the hostess with the mostest tonight! that cake is gonna be a crowd pleaser and they'll probably ask for your hand in marriage afterwards haha
have fuuun!
I kept seeing your tweets about this delicious dessert - looks so good! I'm excited for cooler temps this fall and my trip to NYC at the end of October! :)
Definitely excited for the cooler weather. I love to see the leaves changing.
Wow, that menu you have planned sounds delicious!!! And I want some of that chocolate cake!! I can't believe it's all raw. It looks sooo good.
I LOVE making any dessert dish for company...that raw chocolate cake looks like a good culprit, haha. What an awesome menu - one lucky fam coming over! Enjoy it.
How fancy! You have a great meal planned out. Those are some lucky visitors. :)
omg that looks to die for!! Mike and his parents are going to love dessert!! The menu looks great! I love tilapia, such a light and yummy fish!!!
I am so excited for PUMPKIN everything this fall! Pumpkin icecream and pumpkin spice lattes!!
Love ya girl! Have a beautiful dinner tonight and send some leftover dessert my way : )
That cake looks amazing, especially with that frosting! So when am I invited over for dinner chez Gabriela? ;)
That menu sounds CRAZY good!! Somebody took notes at the "healthy entertaining" seminar at HLS, haha ;) You know me - not a *huge* fan of chocolate - but that cake looks TO DIE. I'm pretty sure you're going to impress the in-laws with that one :P
First off, that's a gorgeous brunch, and the cake is beautiful too! You should try Nigella Lawson's nutella torte! It's not nearly as healthy, but it's great!
For company, I find that fajitas are really easy and delicious. For my family I often make salmon fillet sandwiches with cheese avocado and spinach.
That weather sounds beautiful! I can't wait for that chill!
Omigosh that looks absolutely amazing! I like making Indian food. It always impresses people.
You've got to be kidding me with that chocolate cake!!! I've never thought to put frosting on it! How insanely and simply decadent. I can't even wait to try it out. Thanks for the link love, too! :-)
Also, I love your new picture.
That cake looks DIVINE!!!! Even its description...YUM.
I love baking and making dessert if we have guests for dinner! I'm always underfoot in the kitchen :b
Chocolate cake = amazing! I would add a little peanut butter and have gone to heaven!
Your dinner sounds great! I made those cookies once for a party and they were a huge hit. Oh and I cannot even imagine how delicious that cake is!!
I honestly love making food that people have no idea is vegan - it is one of my greatest joys.
I am excited to start wearing sweaters... and boots.. and eat pumpkin everything.
I've been eating peaches like crazy too. Gotta take advantage before the season passes! And speaking of seasons - YES it is sooo feeling like fall now! I am excited for hot meals, eating lots of squash and sweet potatoes, the leaves changing... I'm ready for it!
For company I love to make a lemon-olive oil cake - people always love it. I'm almost always on dessert duty as opposed to anything else (my expertise, you could say ;) )
Wow, does that look amazing! I read the actual dinner post first and thought for sure that cake was something from a speciality bakery. Give yourself a pat on the back girlfriend. Simply beautiful!
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