Chocolate-Avocado Cake.

The Italian side of my family came over for a fresh and light Italian feast. I made all kinds of things; Creamy pasta w/ white beans and asparagus, vegan Caprese salad, Field Roast Sausage & peppers, a vegan version of Giada’s Goat Cheese, Lentil & Brown Rice Rolls, and a big mixed green salad. I also made minted-citrus iced sweet tea. I wish I had a picture of the whole spread, but I was too busy putting everything together.

But….I did manage to photograph the Chocolate-Avocado Cake. If you read the recipe linked to above, you’ll see that this cake calls for a mashed up avocado. I had reservations about making it for my omnivorous family, but I decided to go for it. They have never tasted any of the tofu or other weird things I’ve put in to cakes before, so why not? Glad I decided to take the plunge because the cake was a hit.

I made a hazelnut mousse for the middle layer and the outer layer of frosting was just a chocolate buttercream. I had seen a non-vegan version of the decorations on the cake, which I thought were ridiculous, but also completely adorable. I wanted to recreate that look for my family and the Italian feast. I used frosting coated in chocolate cookie crumbs for the “meatballs”, vanilla buttercream piped for the spaghetti and blood orange jam for the “sauce”.

4 Comments on “Chocolate-Avocado Cake.”

idreamofgreenie
May 24, 2012

What cool decorations on what I’m sure was a delicious cake!

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- thejollyfox
  May 29, 2012
  
  Thank you! It ended up being a great cake. I was glad because it was new to me and you never know when something could just turn out gross!
  
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chow vegan
May 25, 2012

That looks great! Glad to hear it was such a hit! I love the cute and playful decorations on top! Such an awesome job! 🙂

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- thejollyfox
  May 29, 2012
  
  Thank you so much. It’s always a relief when my family of omnivores approve of my food, desserts especially. 😀
  
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