Allergen Friendly Chocolate Cake Recipe

2007-01-13

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

Ingredients:

  • 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

Instructions:

  1. 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.