Gluten-free chocolate cake
A rich, moist one-bowl chocolate layer cake with glossy dairy-free chocolate frosting.
- Celiac
- Hashimoto's
- Toddlers
- Dairy-free
- Alpha-gal
- High blood pressure
- Gluten-free
- Crohn’s and colitis
- Vegetarian
- Sheet pan
- One pan
- Gluten-free dairy-free
- Gluten-free desserts
- Dairy-free desserts
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups gluten-free flour blend, a blend with xanthan gum
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp fine salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup olive oil
- ¾ cup almond milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 g dairy-free dark chocolate, chopped, for the frosting
- ½ cup coconut cream, for the frosting
- ½ cup powdered sugar, for the frosting
Method
- Heat the oven to 350°F and line two 6-inch cake pans.
- Whisk the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda and salt in one bowl.
- Beat in the eggs, olive oil, almond milk and vanilla until glossy.
- Divide between the pans and bake until a skewer comes out clean.30 min timer
- Melt the chocolate with the coconut cream, cool slightly, then beat in the powdered sugar.
- Frost the cooled layers, stack them and cut thick slices.
Why it works
- Celiac disease: A deep, fudgy chocolate cake built on a gluten-free flour blend with cocoa doing the flavour work.
- Milk allergy: No butter or milk anywhere: olive oil keeps the crumb moist and coconut cream makes the frosting silky.
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