Chocolate Cake
26 Oct 2025
⏱ Prep
15 min
🔥 Cook
30 min
👥 Serves
6
⭐ Difficulty
Easy
Allergens
A Delicious Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 250 g gluten-free plain flour blend
- 1 tsp xanthan gum
- 70 g cocoa powder
- 300 g caster sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ½ tsp fine salt
- 2 large eggs
- 120 ml neutral oil
- 200 ml milk
- 150 ml hot coffee or boiling water
- 150 g plain yoghurt or buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Steps
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Step 1. Prep & heat
Heat oven to 170°C fan (190°C conventional) / 375°F. Grease and line two 20cm tins. -
Step 2. Mix dry
In a large bowl whisk: flour, xanthan (if using), cocoa, sugar, baking powder, bicarb, and salt until evenly combined. -
Step 3. Mix wet (except hot liquid)
In a jug whisk eggs, oil, milk, yoghurt/buttermilk, and vanilla. -
Step 4. Combine
Pour wet into dry and whisk until smooth (about 20–30 sec). Don’t over-mix. -
Step 5. Add hot liquid
Carefully whisk in the hot coffee/water until the batter is glossy and pourable. It will be thin—this is right. -
Step 6. Bake
Divide between tins and bake 22–27 mins until the centres spring back and a skewer comes out with a few moist crumbs. -
Step 7. Cool
Cool in tins 10 mins, then turn out to a rack and cool completely before frosting.