Here is a recipe for a Chocolate Cake Jaden can Eat. (Inspired by a recipe in ABC Cookbook from Pillsbury) Products specified below were Gluten, Soy, Dairy, and Egg free as of 10/28/07
3 cups all-purpose GF flour (We used Bob’s Red Mill in USA and White Wings or Orgran in Australia) 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 2 teaspoons Baking Soda 1 teaspoon salt
Mix all above in large bowl
2/3 cup Canola oil 2 teaspoons distilled white GF vinegar or apple-cider vinegar (Heinz is GF) 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups cold water
Preheat Oven to 350 / 180C.
Grease (Earth Balance, Spectrum Shortening or Nuttelex) and then dust with Cocoa 2 round baking pans 9? or 1 - 11?x13? pan or use cup cakes / patty pans.
Mix Oil, water and Vanilla. Add liquid mixture to mixed dry ingredients. Beat/Mix on high for 1 minute. Now with the mixer running add the vinegar and let mixer run for another minute.
IMMEDIATELY pour batter into pans dividing evenly.
Bake until toothpick comes out clean ~35 minutes for pans ~25-30 minutes for cupcakes with regular ovens. 25minutes for pans and 15 min for cupcakes in Convection/forced fan ovens.
Cool 5-10 minutes then Remove Cakes from pans and cool completely before frosting or dusting with Powdered/Icing Sugar.