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March 28, 2016 Cakes

Paleo Frosting Recipe from my Friend Rebecca

Paleo chocolate cupcakes and paleo frosting

Hopefully one day Rebecca will have a blog of her own from which she can share her delicious paleo recipes (your truffles, please, my friend). But I couldn’t resist sharing her recipe for amazing paleo frosting here! It’s the recipe I talked about so long ago in the chocolate cupcakes post (we had a deal going: I made the cupcakes and she made the paleo frosting. We each brought our offering to events we went to, then joined the two in absolute deliciousness).

So here it is, the long awaited paleo frosting. I can testify that it is well worth the wait. Spread it on your paleo cupcakes, cakes, brownies (who said brownies can’t be frosted), cookies, and paleo chocolate rolls (recipe really really soon I promise).

Paleo chocolate cupcakes and paleo frosting

Paleo Frosting Recipe from my Friend Rebecca
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Total time
15 mins
 
Nobody would ever guess that this amazing frosting is, in fact, paleo. It is rich and smooth and sweet and absolutely divine on pretty much anything.
Author: Rebecca
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Frosting
Serves: Enough to frost about 1 dozen cupcakes or 1 9-inch cake
Ingredients
  • 1 cup dates
  • ¾ cup boiling water
  • 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
  • 3 tablespoons peanut butter (recommended but optional*)
  • ¼ cup of cocoa or cacao (recommended but optional**)
  • 3 tablespoons canned coconut milk (the firm part, not the water)
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. If your dates are hard (like ours were, since they were a rather old bunch I found in the back of our cupboard), soak the dates in the ¾ cup boiling water for five minutes. Check dates for pits before using them...I usually just cut them in half before putting them in the water.
  2. Pour the dates and the boiling water into a food processor or vitamix (the vitamix will be faster, but the food processor works too). Add the coconut oil and the 3 tablespoons canned coconut milk. Add the salt and vanilla extract.
  3. Blend everything together until it becomes a smooth paste. As I said, the vitamix will be easier to do this with. If you’re using a food processor, you’ll have to scrape down the sides quite frequently.
  4. When a smooth paste has formed, remove from the food processor and refrigerate at least 1 hour before frosting your cake.
  5. Sprinkle the top of the cake with shredded coconut (I prefer not to use toasted coconut for this, because the white creates a nice contrast).
Notes
*Peanut butter: You can omit the peanut butter, but the texture is better with it and you actually don’t get that much peanut butter flavor...and what you do get pairs very well with the dates. However, if you’d prefer to leave the peanut butter out the recipe will still work without it.

**Cocoa or cacao: You can also leave the cocoa out if you can’t eat chocolate or prefer a frosting without chocolate.
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Some paleo cakes and cupcakes you really need to spread this frosting onto right now:

Paleo & Nut Free Vanilla Cupcakes

Moist (not eggy) Paleo Chocolate Cake/Cupcakes

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Recipe Name
Paleo Frosting Recipe
Published On
2016-03-28
Preparation Time
15M
Total Time
15M

Categories: Cakes Tags: frosting, paleo chocolate frosting, paleo frosting

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  1. Kristen says

    September 4, 2017 at 2:07 am

    Hi Linnaea!

    I’ve made your gluten free and paleo carrot cake before for Easter and topped it with this frosting and it was a HUGE hit!! I’m about to make it again for a friends birthday and need some clarity about the boiling water.
    If your dates are soft do you still need to use boiling water for blending? If you do need to soak your dates to soften them, do you continue to let the water boil while they sit or just bring it to a boil and then pour the water into a bowl with the dates?
    Thank you for all your hard work and amazing recipes!!

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    • Linnaea says

      September 23, 2017 at 3:18 pm

      Hi Kristen,
      Sorry for the delayed response! Glad the cake was a success! If your dates are soft, no, you don’t have to soften them, though you may need to use a little water when blending in the food processor to reach the desired consistency. And no, you don’t boil the dates with the water…just pour the water into a bowl with the dates. Sorry for the confusion on that!

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