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4.63 from 8 votes

Chocolate Cake

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Servings: 12 slices

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 250 g gluten free plain flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum (Omit if your flour blend already contains this)
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 80 g cocoa powder
  • 200 g golden caster sugar
  • 120 g light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 225 ml soy milk (Or other dairy free milk alternative)
  • 125 ml vegetable oil (Or sunflower oil)
  • 100 ml hot coffee (Made with a heaped teaspoon of coffee and boiling water OR an espresso shot)

For the buttercream

  • 200 g dairy free butter block *See FAQs
  • 360 g icing sugar
  • 40 g cocoa powder
  • Splash of dairy free milk

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C and line 2 round 20cm cake tins.
  • To a large bowl add all your dry ingredients (flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, cocoa powder, golden caster sugar and light brown sugar). Mix well until everything is combined.
  • To the bowl add the eggs, soy milk and vegetable oil. Whisk well until everything is completely incorporated and you have a nice chocolatey mixture.
  • Slowly add the hot coffee, whisking as you go until it's combined in the mixture. The mixture will be quite runny - this is what you want to make the perfect chocolate cake.
  • Pour the mixture into the 2 prepared cake tins and bake in the middle of the oven for around 35 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean from both cakes (this may be slightly longer or shorter depending on your oven so keep an eye on it).
  • Remove from the oven, leave In the tins for 15 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Once cool make the buttercream. Add the dairy free butter to a large bowl and beat until creamy. Gradually add the icing sugar, continuing to beat until fully combined and creamy. Add the cocoa powder and splash of milk and beat again until combined.
  • Transfer the buttercream into a piping bag (optional - you can spread the buttercream onto the cake but piping is neater) and pipe onto one of the cakes, place the other cake on top and then pipe the rest of the buttercream onto the top.
  • Store in an airtight container and consume within 5 days.