Vegan Chocolate Fudge Icing/ Ganache/ Truffle ...

I made this ganache type cake frosting to use as a filling between layers this time. An inch thick. Yup, that's how I roll. This is only a double layer cake. It is has a third layer in the middle that is purely ganache ... Last time, it was the icing on the baby cake, literally. It makes gorgeous truffles, too, and my son and husband are crazy about it. Fabulosity.

ingredients:

1 cup pitted honey dates
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup extra virgin coconut oil
1/2 cup unrefined cacao butter
1/2 cup coconut nectar

2 tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp stevia



1 cup raw cacao

directions:
1. combine the hot water, dates, and coconut oil and cacao butter. If the cacao butter isn't melting, heat everything up a little. Let sit for 10 minutes to fully soften dates.
2. puree with an immersion blender until beautifully smooth
3. mix in the coconut nectar, cacao, vanilla, sea salt, and stevia
4. cool
5. use. Or eat by the spoonful. I dare ya.