Dairy Free Chocolate 'Buttercream' by Shayna
by Janine Walsh on Mar 01 2023
A yummy chocolatey "buttercream" - perfect to use on the Beetroot Cacao brownies (not that they really need anything extra)! This recipe will make enough icing to generously spread on one 18-20cm brownie slab.
Refined sugar free, GF, DF, nut free, and vegan
Ingredients:
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260g (around 1 1/2 Cups) dates
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3 Tablespoons cocoa
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1/3 Cup coconut oil
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pinch salt
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1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
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Boiling water for soaking the dates in
Method
Pop the dates in a bowl and cover with the boiling water. Soak for around 10-15 minutes. When the dates have finished soaking, reserve 5 Tablespoons of the date water, and place the dates, reserved water, coconut oil, cocoa, salt, and vanilla essence into a food processor. Blitz for 2-3 minutes until the mixture is smooth with no lumps. Have a sneaky taste test (try not to eat it all!) and then spread over your brownies. Yum!
