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Healthy Black Forest Cake - Radiant Rachels

"No one can believe this moist, fluffy, rich cake is made from beans! Soaked with dark cherry juice and rum, this healthy Black Forest Cake is to die for!..."

INGREDIENTS
FILLING
About ½ cup Lapin cherries, pitted
2 tbsp rum
3 tbsp coconut sugar
CAKE
2 eggs
½ tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tbsp melted coconut oil
⅓ cup pure maple syrup
A pinch of sea salt
⅓ cup cocoa powder
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp espresso powder
14 oz canned black beans, drained
GANACHE
2 oz dark chocolate, finely chopped
4 oz (1/2 cup) heavy cream or coconut milk
A pinch of sea salt
WHIPPED COCONUT CREAM
1 14 oz can coconut cream, chilled in the refrigerator overnight
1 tbsp maple syrup, or more to taste
½ tsp pure vanilla extract
A pinch of sea salt
DECORATION
A few whole Lapin cherries, with stems attached
Dark chocolate
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