Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
This Gluten Free Chocolate Cake is moist,vegan, uses simple ingredients, and has the texture of a regular chocolate cake.
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/2 Cup Oat Flour
- 1/2 Cup Gluten Free Flour I used the King Arthur Measure for Measure gluten free flour. Pick you favorite gluten free flour.
- 1/2 Cup Powdered Cocoa
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Instant Espresso Powder
- 1 Cup Real Maple Syrup
- 1/2 Cup Unsweetened Apple Sauce
- 1/4 Cup Oil I use either olive or avocado oil.
- 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 Cup Plant Based Milk I used a unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
- 1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar This is added to the milk to make the vegan buttermilk.
The Frosting
- 2 Tbsp Plant Based Milk I used a unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
- 3/4 Cup Chocolate Chips I used a semi-sweet chocolate chip.
- 1 Tbsp Creamy Nut Butter I used a creamy peanut butter.
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 3 Tbsp Powdered Sugar
Instructions
The Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Prepare a 8 x 8 glass baking dish with a vegan margarine or oil, set aside.
- Measure the plant based milk in a one cup measuring cup, stir in the apple cider vinegar, and set aside to curdle, this is a vegan buttermilk.
- In a small mixing bowl, mix together the flours, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, instant espresso powder, and salt.
- *Can't find oat flour? Make your own, add the oats to a high speed blender and blend until you have the consistency of a flour.
- Next add the maple syrup, apple sauce, oil, vegan buttermilk, and the vanilla.
- Stir until well combined, pour into the greased dish.
- Place into the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
- Check the cake with a tooth pick, if it comes out clean it is done, if not return to the oven for another 15 minutes.
- Baking times can vary, check the cake at 30 minutes and then again about every 5 to 10 minutes until done.
- Once the cake is done, remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack until completely cooled before frosting.
- *Note: Do not make the frosting until the cake is completely cooled.
The Frosting
- Add the chocolate chips and nut butter to a small bowl.
- Place this into a microwave for 30 seconds.
- Remove from the microwave to stir, return for another 30 seconds, continue until the chocolate is smooth.
- In a small mixing bowl add the milk, vanilla, powdered sugar and the melted chocolate chips, blend with a free standing or hand held mixer until the frosting is smooth.
- Make sure to spread the frosting immediately after mixing onto the cake until covered.
- Slice the cake into pieces and serve with ice cream or whipped topping.
Notes
How to top this cake
Add fruit to the top, try dried fruit or fresh fruits/berries.
Top the frosting with crushed candy canes, sprinkles, crushed nuts, or mini marshmallows.
You can even add fresh mint or edible flowers.
Serve the cake with whipped cream or your favorite ice cream.