Chocolate Layer Cake

23 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • 1 3/4 cups 1% low-fat milk, divided
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips {Check for Gluten}
  • 3.3 ounces brown rice flour (about 3/4 cup; such as Bob's Red Mill)
  • 4.35 ounces potato starch (about 3/4 cup)
  • 2.1 ounces tapioca flour (about 1/2 cup)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum (such as Bob's Red Mill)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • Cooking spray
  • Frosting:
  • 6 cups sifted powdered sugar
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 5 tablespoons 1% low-fat milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup light butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup raspberries (optional)
  • 3 mint sprigs (optional)

Directions

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    ["Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.", "To prepare cake, heat 3/4 cup milk in a small saucepan over medium-low heat 2 minutes or until warm; add chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. Cool.", "Weigh or lightly spoon brown rice flour, potato starch, and tapioca flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours and next 4 ingredients in a bowl; stir with a whisk.", "Combine eggs and next 3 ingredients in a bowl; beat with a mixer at low speed until blended. Add chocolate mixture, beating until blended. Add flour mixture alternately with remaining 1 cup milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients; beat until smooth. Pour batter evenly into 2 (9-inch) round cake pans coated with cooking spray and lined with parchment paper.", "Bake at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely on a wire rack.", "To prepare frosting, combine powdered sugar and cocoa in a large bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine milk and vanilla. Place butter in a separate bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add powdered sugar mixture alternately with milk mixture, beating well after each addition until spreading consistency.", "Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Garnish with raspberries and mint sprigs, if desired.", "Somebody get me a glass of milk! I almost forgot what chocolate cake tastes like-thanks for the reminder. Although a lot of gluten-free desserts turn out dry, this cake was very moist. The icing was definitely the \"icing on the cake\""! Very rich and the perfect complement to the cake. -Roxanne D. Osborne""]"

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