- 1 cup brown rice flour
- ½ cup corn starch
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons guar gum
- 1 cup organic cane sugar
- 1 cup non-sweetened almond milk (or other liquid of your choice)
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup molten coconut oil
- ¼ cup light tasting olive oil
Mix all dry ingredients. Melt coconut oil. Add remaining ingredients and mix. Pour batter in two 8 or 9 inch greased round moulds. Bake in oven at 350°F for 15 minutes
Variation: For a vanilla flavour cake, replace cocoa powder by same quantity corn starch, and add ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract.
Icing:
- 2 cups sifted icing sugar
- 3 tbl spoons molten coconut oil
- 40 g molten dark chocolate (70%)
- 3 tbl spoons almond milk (or other liquid of your choice)
For darker icing, add cocoa powder and a bit of liquid.
Spread immediately on cooled cake.