Best Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipes

THE BEST GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare your pan(s). Lightly grease: two 8" round cake pans OR one 9", x 13" pan with nonstick cooking spray OR line 24 standard cups with paper liners.
• Whisk together gluten-free flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Add milk, vegetable oil, and eggs. Whisk batter until smooth.
• Divide batter evenly between the two 8-inch prepared round cake pans OR spread evenly into 9 x13-inch pan OR fill muffin cups about ⅔ full.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.For 8-inch round cakes: about 30 minutes.For 9x13-inch pan: about 40 minutes.For cupcakes: about 22 minutes.
• Allow cakes to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove cake from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool.
• When cool, frost with chocolate frosting. Wrap cake and store at room temperature for up to three days.
• Cream butter until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and milk. Mix on low speed for about 30 seconds. Increase mixer speed to medium-high. Beat frosting until fluffy and smooth. If frosting seems too thick, add the additional tablespoon milk.

BEST GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan, using 3 tablespoons gluten-free flour., In a large bowl, whisk the remaining 2 cups flour and next 9 ingredients. In another bowl, combine water, almond milk, oil and vanilla until well blended. Gradually beat flour mixture into milk mixture., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

GLUTEN FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray two 9-inch cake pans with cooking spray.
• Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and xanthan gum in a bowl; stir in mayonnaise until well mixed. Gradually pour in hot water and vanilla extract; stir until smooth. Spoon batter into the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean and the cake slightly pulls away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

GLUTEN-FREE MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and let sit until quinoa is tender and water is absorbed, about 10 minutes more. Fluff with a fork and cool to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8-inch cake pans and line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper.
• Blend butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract in a blender until combined. Add 2 cups cooked quinoa and blend until smooth, scraping down the sides of the blender with a rubber spatula as necessary.
• Whisk sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Add quinoa mixture into sugar mixture and whisk until batter is smooth. Pour batter into prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool completely in the pans before removing to a plate.

GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Oil the base of two 18cm sandwich tins and line with baking parchment. Mix the flour, xanthan gum, cocoa, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, a large pinch of salt and both sugars together in a large bowl.
• Whisk the golden syrup, eggs, oil, yogurt, milk and coffee together in a jug. Gradually whisk the wet ingredients into the dry until you have a smooth mixture.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tins and bake for 30-35 mins until risen and firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 10 mins in the tins before turning out onto a cooling rack.
• While the cakes are cooling, make the icing. Beat the icing sugar, cocoa powder, butter and milk together for 5 mins until smooth and fluffy. Gradually pour in the melted chocolate while beating, scraping down the sides of the bowl to make sure everything's included.
• Spread half the icing over the middle of one sponge using a small palette knife. Sandwich the other sponge on top, with the flat bottom-side facing up. Spread the remaining icing around the top and sides of the cake, smoothing over with a palette knife. If you have any icing left, you can pipe some rosettes on top of the cake.