Gluten Free Chocolate Loaf Cake Recipe

A gluten free chocolate loaf cake with chocolate frosting and a tea set in the background.

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This easy, Gluten Free Chocolate Loaf Cake is a real treat! A moist, rich chocolate loaf cake with a delicious, ganache-like chocolate buttercream frosting.

Prep Time30

Cook Time1

Total Time1 30

Servings: slices

Author: Sarah Howells

Equipment

Ingredients

For the cake:

175 g self-raising gluten free flour
30 g cocoa powder
150 ml vegetable oil
100 ml buttermilk
175 g caster sugar
3 large eggs
100 g milk chocolate (melted)

For the frosting:

75 g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
150 g icing sugar
15 g cocoa powder
40 g milk chocolate
40 g dark chocolate
1 tbsp milk

Instructions

To make the cake:

Preheat the oven to 180’C/ Fan 160C / Gas Mark 4. Line a 2lb baking tin with a baking liner and set to one side.
Melt the chocolate over a bowl of hot water until smooth, then remove from the heat. Leave to stand and cool slightly while you begin the cake batter.
Add the oil, sugar and buttermilk to the bowl and beat together for 30 seconds using an electric whisk. Add the eggs and beat for another 30 seconds.
Sift in the gluten free flour and cocoa powder then beat the mixture again until there are no lumps of flour.
Pour in the melted chocolate and fold in with a spatula or wooden spoon. Once mixed, pour into the lined loaf tin and bake for 50-60 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove and cool completely.

To make the frosting:

Break the dark and milk chocolate into chunks and melt either in a bowl over a pan of hot water, or by microwaving for 20-second intervals. Stir to mix together and set to one side to cool slightly.
Add the butter, icing sugar, melted chocolate (cooled) and milk to a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric whisk on a low speed until it becomes a smooth, fluffy buttercream, almost like a chocolate mousse.
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag and pipe onto the cake. I used a 2D piping tip. Finish with a sprinkle of white chocolate chips.

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