Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Vegan Gluten-Free Dark Chocolate Cake/muffins/brownies/cupcakes


Set oven to 325

Measurement is by grams, so you will need a scale

Dry Mix:
200    Brown Rice Flour 
100    Dutch Cocoa (this makes a dark chocolate version, you can also to natural cocoa for a different flavor)
40       Potato starch
10       Salt
10       Baking Powder
½ tsp. Zanthan Gum (my scale won’t register this weight, it is a very fine powder)

Wet Mix:
35/180          Chia Seed and Water Puree
-in a blender add 35 grams of chia seed and 180 grams of water and blend at highest speed for 90 seconds. I use a Blentec and it works great.
100   Coconut Milk (canned, not light, and shake it up real good before you measure it out)
200     Coconut oil (you may need to liquefy this by warming it up a little)
10       Vanilla Extract (always check to make sure you use a real vanilla extract and
            that it is Gluten-Free)
340     Organic Cane Sugar (If you don't need it to be vegan, you can use regular white sugar)


Premix both mixes, then combine and mix on medium speed for about 3 minutes. Add a cup of gf chocolate chips (make sure they are allergy free of course!) if you like (for brownies or muffins?).

Format options:

Muffins: Scoop ½ a cup of batter into regular cupcake lined tins. Bake at 325 for 75 min and do the toothpick test to see if they are baked through. Makes about a dozen muffins

Cupcakes: Scoop 1/4 a cup of batter into lined cupcake tins and bake at 325 for 75 min and do the toothpick test. Makes about 18 cupcakes

Brownies: Grease a 8x12 baking pan (I use a glass one) with coconut oil and pour batter into it. Evenly spread the batter around the pan. Bake at 325 for 75minutes. Really this recipe looks like cake, so it you are making brownies you may want to top it with something, like a ganache.

Pan Cake: Double the above recipe. Grease a 8x12 baking pan (I use a glass one) with coconut oil and pour batter into it. Spread the batter evenly around the pan, and bake at 325 for 75 minutes.