Name: Chocolate Cake, Squared
Yield: Makes One 8-Inch Four-Layer Cake; Serves 8
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon guar gum; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ½ cup tapioca flour; 2½ teaspoons baking powder; ½ cup millet flour; 1 cup glutinous rice flour; ¼ cup sorghum flour; ½ cup cornstarch; ½ cup safflower oil; 1⅓ cups granulated sugar; ⅔ cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 4 large eggs; 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature, diced; 1 cup whole milk; 3 tablespoons pure vanilla extract; ½ cup chocolate liqueur, such as Godiva, for brushing the cake; Chocolate-Chocolate Icing

Preparation info

Makes One 8 Inch Four-Layer Cake; Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Blackbird Bakery Gluten-Free

By Karen Morgan

Published 2010

About

This cake is devilishly good and appropriate for any chocolate-lover, as it is made with chocolate in four different forms. The moist crumb of the cake and the richness of the icing make this a very noble birthday cake.

Ingredients

¼ cup sorghum flour
½ cup cornstarch
½ cup

Method

Position an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter two 8-inch round cake pans. Line each pan with a round of parchment paper and butter the paper.

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