Ingredients
For The Cake:
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil melted
- 6 eggs at room temperature
- 1 cup molasses
- 4 teaspoons vanilla
- 3/4 cup tapioca starch about 90 grams
- 3/4 cup plus 4 teaspoons coconut flour sifted and divided, about 75 grams
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup fresh mango diced, about 1 large mango
For The Frosting:
- 2 13.5-ounce cans unsweetened coconut cream chilled overnight
- 1/4 cup honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line the bottoms of two 8-inch cake pans with parchment and grease the sides with coconut oil.
Make The Cake:
- In a large bowl, blend the coconut sugar and melted coconut oil with a handheld mixer.
- Separate the eggs. Add the yolks to the bowl, and place the whites in a separate clean bowl.
- Beat in the molasses and vanilla until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the tapioca starch, 3/4 cup of the coconut flour, the ground ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, salt, and cloves.
- In a small bowl, toss the diced mango with the reserved 4 teaspoons of coconut flour. Set aside.
- With clean beaters, whip the egg whites to stiff peaks.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until combined.
- Gently fold in the beaten egg whites with a spatula, being careful not to deflate them.
- Fold in the flour-coated mango (with all flour) until just incorporated.
- Divide batter evenly between the two prepared pans. Bake for 29–30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cakes completely in the pans.
Make The Frosting:
- Scoop the solid coconut cream from the two chilled cans and leave the liquid behind. Place in a mixing bowl with honey.
- Beat with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.
Frost And Assemble The Cake:
- Unmold the cooled cakes. Place one layer bottom-up on a serving plate or cake pedestal. Spread about three-fourths of the frosting on top.
- Place the second layer (also bottom-up) over the first. Apply a thin “crumb coat” of frosting over the entire cake. Freeze until set, 30-60 minutes. Cover and chill the remaining frosting.
- Once the crumb coat is set, spread the remaining chilled frosting evenly over the cake. If desired—and the coconut cream is very cold and thick—pipe swirls along the edge.
