Ultimate Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
It’s World Chocolate Day and I am sharing my aunts Ultimate Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake recipe. This cake is unbelievably tender and MOIST and is sweetened with honey, so when you top with chocolate frosting, it won’t be overly sweet.
Ingredients
- Wet ingredients
- 1 cup of coconut milk
- 1/3 cup coconut or canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup honey
- 3 eggs
- 1¾ cups almond flour
- ½ cup of cocoa
- 1½ tsp B Powder
- 1½ tsp B Soda
- 1 tsp salt
- For Frosting:
- 1 cup butter softened
- 4 cups icing Sugar
- ¾ cup of Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-2 tablespoons of milk
- @cadbury_sa Whispers & Flake to top
Instructions
For Cake
- In a bowl, beat all the wet ingredients together.
- Then, sift and mix in the dry ingredients
- Place in a square tin or round tin and bake in a 160˚C oven for 30 - 40 minutes. Cool.
For Frosting
- In a mixer or with a whisk, cream butter and the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix the Cocoa Powder and the icing sugar until combined.
- Add the icing sugar mixture one cup at a time and continue to beat until the frosting is creamy.
- If necessary, add milk 1 tablespoon at a time until it is the right consistency.
- Icing your cake and then top with flake & whispers.