Wednesday, July 25, 2007

NO WAAAY! Chocolate Cake

(no gluten or refined sugar)

¾ C water ¼ tsp salt
1 C buttermilk 1 C cocoa powder
½ C butter 1 ½ tsp baking soda
¼ C canola oil 1 C brown rice flour (heaping)
1 C agave (or use xylotol or fructose) 1 C tapioca flour
3 eggs ½ tsp xanthan gum
1 or 2 tsp vanilla

Prepare 2 round pans with parchment on the bottom and grease with veg. oil.
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Blend all the dry ingredients in large bowl. Set aside.
In large mixing bowl beat butter, canola oil, and agave until light and fluffy and creamy.
Add vanilla and eggs one at a time- whipping on high.
Add buttermilk and blend.
Add dry mix a bit at a time while mixing.
Pour into 2 round pans and bake for 25-30 mins. Cool- run knife around edge, turn out on racks

Chocolate Mousse Filling
1 ½ C whipping cream 1 tsp vanilla
4 Tblsp cocoa or more to taste 2 Tblsp agave or more to taste

Whip cream, vanilla and agave until a soft cream- add cocoa and whip stiffer. Use as filling between your two cake rounds.

Buttery Frosting
6 egg yolks ½ C agave
¼ C water 1 ½ cubes soft butter

Boil water and agave until soft ball stage-(not too long or you’ll make taffy).
Whip yolks on high and slowly add hot syrup mix- beat until outside of bowl is cool.
Add butter a little at a time. Flavor with any extract and color. IF you want a chocolate frosting add 1 Cup melted and cooled grain sweetened chocolate chips and or cocoa powder. Experiment with what you like and according to dietary needs. Cool frosting before spreading. (Refrigerating the whole cake before serving at this point is nice.)

Decorate top of cake with extra mousse, fruit, nuts, healthy candies etc.

1 comment:

Jo Schaffer Layton said...

This is, honestly, my favorite chocolate cake, ever! Deliciously dark and rich. Mmmmmmmm....