GF Carob (mock chocolate) Cake by Wendy Semyck
- preheat oven to 350
whisk dry ingredients together
- 1.5 Cup white rice flour
- 3/4 cup tapioca flour
- 1/2 cup carob powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda (I didn't have any baking powder on hand and so I used 2 scant tsp baking soda)
- 1 tsp xanthum gum (or guar gum... I used guar gum yesterday for our sons b-day cake!)
In mixing bowl - mix til fluffy:
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup mayo
Gradually add to the egg mixture - alternating between the two:
- flour mixture
- 1 cup milk (I used hemp) + 2 tsp vanilla extract
Mix well. Being sure there are no lumps. I started my stand mixer on 3 and then moved it to 6 for 5 mins while my dd used the rubber spatula to keep it off the sides of the ss mixing bowl. I then let it sit for a couple of minutes to help reduce the grainy type of texture that is often unavoidable when using rice flour. Letting it sit for a little while helped a lot. NO grainy texture at all!My stepmom asked if the birthday cake was gluten free (she had no idea, but knew that we try to be gf so asked). None of the other guests knew until I was telling her. Also, they had NO idea it was carob... they kept saying that the "chocolate cake" was great. :DThis makes 2 8-9" rounds or 1 ~ 9x13
I made one round in white from a mix I had purchased and knew it wasnt' going to be enough... so created the carob for another round... it was enough to make that and a small rectagular cake that I put coconut and walnuts on top... that one looked like brownies and I (along with the other ladies at the party) prefered it to the frosted cake... toasted coconut and walnuts... YUM!
... it was even better this morning!!! :D
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