Chocolate Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting
An easy gluten free chocolate cake that’s topped with brown sugar frosting makes a perfect weekday cake.
I am still playing around a bit with this recipe – a version I think will definitely go into my cookbook, with a little ground cinnamon and cayenne pepper to make a Mexican hot chocolate-inspired cake – but oh, I am so very pleased with it. It is tender and not-too-sweet and a bit nutty from the oats and just everything I wish for in a chocolate cake. Use certified gluten-free oats here to make this cake safely gluten-free
Chocolate Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting
An easy gluten free chocolate cake that's topped with brown sugar frosting makes a perfect weekday cake.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon ground flax seeds, plus 2 teaspoons of boiling water
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- ¾ cup non-fat or low-fat plain yogurt
- 3 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup light or dark brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ¾ cups old fashioned (rolled) oats, or 1 ¾ cups oat flour
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
Frosting
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
- ¼ cup brown sugar, light or dark brown sugar
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk, more if needed
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease two 8-inch round baking pans and line with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk the ground flax seeds with the boiling water to form a paste. In a food processor, process the rolled oats until very fine.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flax seed paste, vegetable oil, yogurt, brown sugar, vanilla, and eggs. In a medium bowl, whisk together the ground oats, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and stir well to combine.
- Evenly divide batter between pans and bake for about 30 minutes, until cake is firm and a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool in pans 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Fill and frost with the brown sugar frosting.
Frosting
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar. Add the chocolate and vanilla and beat well to combine. Add the powdered sugar and beat well until smooth. Add a little milk if frosting is too dry.
Nutrition
Calories: 533kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 5gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 74mgSodium: 83mgPotassium: 264mgFiber: 4gSugar: 50gVitamin A: 250IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 82mgIron: 2mg
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This looks incredible… the brown sugar frosting sounds AMAZING. Need to give this one a try!