I chose to make my gluten free chocolate cake using cassava flour. It has the same taste and texture of ordinary wheat flour which is perfect for me.
Head straight on to the Recipe For Gluten Free Chocolate Cake ♥
Our telephone number at work is one digit different to the local taxi service. Because we often have issues with the line we have a cell phone number listed on the outgoing message. Early one morning the cell phone rang and it was someone telling me he did not need a taxi as he had made another plan. I explained that he had not called the taxi company. After a lengthy discussion he realized that the land line number he had originally called was not the correct number. However, he did not work out from that conversation that the cell phone number he had dialled was also not the taxi service. Just before I hung up he told me he would call the cell phone next time he needed a lift somewhere. I then had to try and get him to understand that the end result would be the same as today.
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To make this gluten free chocolate cake I substituted regular cake flour for cassava flour. I have never tried it with the cake flour so I am not sure if I got the same end result. I don’t often bake gluten free as it does not always work well with sucrose free. But this worked fantastically well. The cake is a chocoholics delight. I am also very impressed with how the cassava flour worked and I will be showcasing more recipes soon. I want to play around with gluten flour substitutes as my parents are coming to visit in December. Is there a particular gluten free flour you use?
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Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 250 g dark sugar free chocolate
- 80 g soft butter
- 4 eggs, separated
- 105 g fructose
- 30 g cassava flour
- 1 pinch fine salt
- Fresh berries and cream to serve
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- Place the chocolate and butter into a glass bowl and melt in the microwave *
- Place the egg yolks and the fructose into a large mixing bowl and whisk to ribbon stage
- Add the melted chocolate and whisk to combine completely
- Sift the flour and salt into the chocolate mixture and fold in until completely combined
- Place the egg whites into a mixing bowl and whisk until they form soft peaks
- Add a third of the egh whites into the batter and whisk gently to combine
- Gently fold in the rest of the egg whites in two lots to combine
- Pour the batter into a lined 23cm spring-form tin
- Bake for 20 minutes and remove from the oven
- Leave to cool for 10 minutes in the tin before turning out
- Serve with fresh berries and cream
Notes
Inspiration published on Lavender and Lime July 28:
- 2016 – Two Tone Pasta
- 2015 – Savoury Mince Pies | Sfiha
- 2013 – Lavender Surprise Cake
- 2012 – Sous Vide Crayfish Tails
- 2011 – Tomato And Aubergine Chutney
- 2010 – Chicken Stuffed With Feta, Sun Dried Tomatoes And Coriander, Wrapped In Bacon
I love these intro stories, I think they are absolutely classic, especially since you rarely pass comment which somehow makes them funnier still. Casava having the same consistency as wheat is a good lead, must give that a bash. GMO has made wheat a monster which it never should have been!
Thanks Erica, and hope you like the cassava flour 🙂
Looks lovely. Cassava flour keeps catching my eye – clearly need to buy some.
Have a super weekend.
🙂 Mandy ox
I am really enjoying using it 🙂
I am not gluten intolerant but I like gluten free recipes. And I also love chocolates, so I can tell I will love this. Love reading your story.
Chocolate is my one weakness 🙂
As I eat a piece fo chocolate…looks like a great GF choco ccake and I think I have cassava flour at home.
Please let me know if you make this 🙂
Hi Tandy, cassava flour is new to me will definitely have to check it out. Your chocolate cake looks delicious!
Thank you Cheri 🙂
This cake looks so decadent and chocolatey, yum!
Thanks Pamela 🙂
It so fantastic that you are using cassava flour Tandy! Not many people use this around my parts. It’s a fantastic permaculture plant.
I am loving working with it 🙂
A nice recipe for gluten free chocolate cake. I do keep my eyes open for gluten free recipes as one of my son’s friends is allergic to gluten. I have baked with both almond flour and rice flour.
I don’t like the texture of rice flour but I have a container full which I need to use up 🙂
This looks really good. I love that it’s gluten-free and the fresh berries are certainly a great addition.
Thank you Sheila 🙂