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Dirt Cake

Maria Emmerich
Servings 16
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • GUMMY WORMS
  • Click HERE to find the recipe
  • DIRT CAKE
  • 7 oz unsweetened baking chocolate chopped fine
  • 2 cups butter or coconut oil
  • 1 ¼ cup Natural Sweetener
  • 1 tablespoon Stevia Glycerite adjust to desired sweetness
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean scraped clean
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • CREAM FILLING
  • 1 cup heavy cream whipped
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1 tablespoon Stevia Glycerite to taste

Instructions
 

  • Make the gummy worms and set in the fridge to set while you make the dirt cake.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease an 8 inch pan and line with parchment paper (greased or mini muffin tins). Grease parchment paper. Brown the butter (if desired…tastes way better!) in a saucepan. Once the butter is brown (not black!), slowly add the chocolate (don’t burn the chocolate). Add the sweetener. Let cool in fridge. Once cool, add one egg at a time. Add the extracts. The batter may be lumpy at this time. Stir well using a hand mixer until very smooth. Pour into pie pan and bake for 20 minutes. Remove and allow to cool. Once cool, crumble into “dirt.”
  • To make the cream layer, whip the cream until stiff peaks form. Add the softened cream cheese and sweetener to taste. Mix until creamy.
  • To assemble, place 2 tablespoons of “dirt” into a small serving cup. Top with 2 tablespoons of the cream filling, then top with another 2 tablespoons of “dirt.” Garnish with “healthified” gummy worms if desired.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving):
Traditional Dirt Cake = 521 calories, 27.4g fat, 4.8g protein, 57g carbs
“Healthified” Dirt Cake = 331 calories, 41.4g fat, 5g protein, 2.2g carbs
(91% fat, 6% protein, 3% carbs)