Name: Easy gluten-free chocolate cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 125 gram butter, at room temperature, chopped; 125 gram gluten-free dark cooking chocolate, chopped; 3/4 cup caster sugar; 1/4 cup water; 2 eggs, lightly whisked; 1 cup gluten-free self-raising flour; 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, sifted; 100 gram packet ground almonds (almond meal); 50 gram gluten-free dark eating chocolate, chopped; Gluten-free chocolate icing; 50 gram butter, at room temperature; 1 cup pure icing sugar; 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, sifted; 1 tablespoon milk

Easy gluten-free chocolate cake

Because everyone should be able to enjoy chocolate cake!

Serves 12

Prep

15M

Cook

45M

Marinate

20M

Total

Spread this gluten-free cake with a generous amount of chocolate icing for a delicious dessert that’s suitable for all to eat. Finish it off with a sprinkle of chopped chocolate for true decadence.

Ingredients

125 gram butter, at room temperature, chopped

125 gram gluten-free dark cooking chocolate, chopped

3/4 cup caster sugar

1/4 cup water

2 eggs, lightly whisked

1 cup gluten-free self-raising flour

1 tablespoon cocoa powder, sifted

100 gram packet ground almonds (almond meal)

50 gram gluten-free dark eating chocolate, chopped

Gluten-free chocolate icing

50 gram butter, at room temperature

1 cup pure icing sugar

1 tablespoon cocoa powder, sifted

1 tablespoon milk

Method

1.Preheat oven to 170ºC/150ºC fan-forced. Grease and line base and sides of a deep 20cm (base measurement) square cake pan with baking paper. Place the butter, cooking chocolate, sugar and the water in a saucepan; cook and stir over moderate heat for 5 minutes or until melted and smooth. Cool for 10 minutes.

2.Add eggs, flour, cocoa powder and ground almonds to chocolate mixture; mix well. Spoon into prepared pan; level surface. Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean. Stand cake in panfor 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

3.Meanwhile, to make the icing; place butter, icing sugar, cocoa powder and milk in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat until light and fluffy.

4.Spread icing over cooled cake. Serve sprinkled with dark eating chocolate.

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