Sweet Potato Brownies with Date Caramel Frosting

Ingredients

• Brownies
• 1 small to medium cooked sweet potato, roughly chopped
• 1½ cups cooked black beans
• ⅓ cup pitted Medjool dates
• ½ cup cacao powder
• ¾ cup almond flour
• 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• ½ cup nondairy milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 to 2 tablespoons ground coffee beans
• ½ cup dates, or more as needed
• ½ cup almond milk
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 heaping tablespoon almond butter
• 1 tablespoon cacao butter wafers, or coconut oil, melted
• 1 heaping tablespoon cacao powder