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Gluten Free Chocolate Snack Cake

This Gluten Free Chocolate Snack Cake recipe is so easy. Mix the ingredients right in the pan, bake, cool and eat. It’s that simple.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Cooling Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 9 People
Author: Jamie at Savorysaver.com
Cost: 5.00

Ingredients

Ingredients for Full Recipe 8x8 Snack Cake

  • 1 2/3 Cup Gluten Free Flour (I used King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten Free Flour)
  • 1 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
  • ¼ Cup Unsweetened Baking Cocoa
  • 1 tsp. Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp. Salt
  • 1 Cup Milk, Water or Non-Dairy Milk
  • 1/3 Cup Canola Oil, or other neutral tasting oil or other neutral tasting oil
  • 1 tsp. White Vinegar
  • ½ tsp. Vanilla
  • ½ Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
  • Powdered Sugar, If Desired.

Ingredients for Half Recipe 9x5 Snack cake

    *See Notes for Half Recipe Cooking Time. Preparation Instructions are the Same

    • 3/4 Cup Gluten Free Flour (I used King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten Free Flour)
    • ½ Cup Packed Brown Sugar
    • 2 Tbs. Unsweetened Baking Cocoa
    • ½ tsp. Baking Soda
    • ¼ tsp. Salt
    • ½ Cup Milk, Water, or Non-Dairy Milk
    • 3 Tbs. Canola Oil, or other neutral tasting oil
    • ½ tsp. White Vinegar
    • ¼ tsp. Vanilla
    • ¼ Cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
    • Powdered Sugar, If Desired

    Instructions

    • In an ungreased 8x8-inch pan, mix gluten free flour, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt with fork or whisk.
    • Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
    • Stir in the remaining ingredients except for the chocolate chips.
    • Sprinkle chocolate chips over the batter.
    • Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
    • Cool in pan on cooling rack for 30 minutes.
    • Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired

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    Notes

    • Xanthan Gum – If your flour blend does not have xanthan Gum, start with ½ teaspoon in the full recipe or ¼ teaspoon in the half recipe. Adjust as needed.
    • Cooking Times – When cooking the ½ recipe in a 9x5 pan. Adjust the cooking time down to 25-30 Minutes