Add the coconut oil, dairy free milk and vanilla extract to a saucepan and warm gently until the coconut oil has melted. Leave to cool to room temperature (don’t refrigerate).

Preheat the oven to 160°C fan (180°C conventional / 350°F / gas mark 4) and line one 20cm (8”) round sandwich cake tin.

Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into a large bowl.

Add the sugar and coffee to the bowl and mix the dry ingredients together.

Once cooled to room temperature, add the oil, milk and vanilla to the bowl with the dry ingredients.

Use a large whisk to mix gently for a few seconds until the cake batter is smooth and combined, don’t beat the mixture.

Pour the cake batter into the lined cake tin.

Place the cake tin in the preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a knife or skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Leave the cake in the tin for 10 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool fully (around 1 hour).

Place your cooled cake on a chopping board and lightly trim off any firm or caramelised edges. You can enjoy the offcuts to fuel your cake pop decorating!

Crumble the soft cake interior into fine crumbs by breaking off chunks and rubbing them between your hands into a large mixing bowl.

Add the peanut butter to the bowl of cake crumbs and stir well to combine. The consistency should be similar to wet sand.

Place the balls of cake mixture on a tray lined with parchment paper and place the tray in the fridge for 3 hours or the freezer for 30 minutes for the cake balls to firm up. Don’t skip this step - you need them to be firm.

Once the cake pops have chilled and are firm, remove them from the fridge/freezer and roll them between your hands again to smooth out some of the lumps and bumps. Pop them back in the fridge whilst you prepare your toppings.

First up, melt the dark chocolate. Place a small saucepan of water on the hob and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat so that it is very gently simmering and place a bowl over the top of the saucepan. Make sure that the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water underneath.

Add the dark chocolate to the bowl and allow it to melt gently, stirring occasionally. Once it has melted, add 1 tbsp coconut oil (or vegetable oil), let it melt and then stir it in.

Carefully take the bowl of melted chocolate off the top of the saucepan and set it aside to cool for 10 minutes so that the chocolate is still liquid but cool to the touch.

Take 5 cake pops out of the fridge. Press the cake pop stick into the centre of each cake ball to make a hole. Remove the stick, dip the end in the melted chocolate and then place it back in the hole you just made. The melted chocolate will set, helping to keep the stick in place. Set the cake pop down with the stick facing up, to allow the chocolate a few minutes to set.

Pick up the cake pop by the stick and dip it in the melted dark chocolate, using a spoon to pour extra chocolate over the ball as necessary to fully coat it. Hold the cake pop over the bowl for a few seconds to allow any excess chocolate to drip off.

Place the chocolate-coated cake pop in the cake pop holder and immediately sprinkle it with chopped peanuts. The peanuts should then stick to the melted chocolate and stay in place once it has dried.

Set the cake pops aside somewhere cool in the cake pop stand to allow the chocolate to set fully (ideally in the fridge if you’ve got space).

Once the cake pops are fully dry, remove them from the stand and store them on their sides in an airtight container for easier storage.

Store in the fridge for up to 3 days.