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Gluten-Free Oat Flour Chocolate Cake

Nicole Spiridakis
I baked this cake in a tube pan, so baking time was longer than the 45+ minutes it takes in smaller pans. I do recommend using 8 or 9-inch cake pans but a 10-inch springform or a tube pan can also work, just check for doneness every 5 minutes after the 45-minute mark.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Resting time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ½ cups/255 g gluten-free oat flour
  • 1 cup coconut sugar
  • 1 cup maple sugar
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 ¾ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp fine sea salt
  • ½ cup liquid coconut oil
  • 3 eggs at room temperature large
  • 1 cup homemade buttermilk or 1 cup well-shaken buttermilk, at room temperature
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup fresh brewed hot coffee

Instructions
 

  • Lightly grease two 8-inch pans with at least 2-inch sides with coconut oil and line with parchment paper rounds. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the oat flour, sugars, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Stir and whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir very well to combine. Stir in the coffee and stir until batter is smooth and combined.
  • Pour batter evenly into prepared pans and preheat oven to 350 F. Let batter rest while the oven heats, about 15 minutes.
  • Place pans in the oven and bake for 45-50 minutes, checking at 45 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out clean and the edges are starting to pull away from the edges of the pans. Remove from oven and let cake cool in the pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes, then turn out onto the rack to cool fully. The cake will be quite tender and soft - yum! - so it's a good idea to refrigerate it before frosting or do a crumb coat.
  • Frost cake with or your frosting of choice, either as a layer cake or frost one layer and freeze the other for another time (what I did on the second recipe test). Cake will keep well wrapped in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Notes

Need substitutions? Swap sorghum flour for the oat flour. Try organic cane sugar for the maple sugar and coconut sugars.
Keyword gluten-free