This Gluten Free German Chocolate Cake recipe is out of this world delicious! So good you will not believe it’s both gluten free and dairy free! A wonderful pound cake topped with a yummy, gooey frosting. This dessert is perfect for special occasions, holidays or any occasion 
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Gluten Free German Chocolate Cake
Source: Rachel
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Serves: 15
So good you will not believe it's both gluten and dairy free! A wonderful pound cake topped with a yummy, gooey frosting.
Ingredients
- The Cake -
- 1 cup vegetable shortening or coconut oil
- 6 eggs
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup semisweet gluten-free, vegan chocolate morsels
- ¼ cup water
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¾ cup rice milk
- ½ tsp xanthan gum
- For Frosting -
- 1 egg
- ⅔ cup canned light coconut milk
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable shortening or coconut oil
- 1⅓ cups flaked coconut
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- For Cake -
- Preheat oven to 325. Grease a round tube pan and set aside.
- Stir chocolate morsels into ¼ cup water in small saucepan over low heat until melted; cool.
- Cream shortening (or coconut oil) and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, creaming well after each.
- Add melted chocolate. Add flour, baking powder, xanthan gum, and salt.
- Add alternately with rice milk to creamed mixture until well blended. Add vanilla extract.
- Pour into round tube pan and bake for 1 hour, 15 minutes. Cool well and then frost with coconut-pecan frosting (recipe above).
- For Frosting -
- In medium saucepan, slightly beat egg.
- Stir in light coconut milk, sugar, and shortening (or coconut oil). Cook and stir over medium heat for 6-8 minutes or until thickened and bubbly.
- Remove from heat; stir in flaked coconut and pecans.
- Cover and cool thoroughly before using to frost cake.
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What a scrumptious cake-German Chocolate is my weakness! Thank you so much for sharing your great recipe on Allergy-Free Wednesdays!
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Do I have to put in the xanthan gum?? Or would it be OK without it? Or is there anything I can substitute for it? Thanks so much!!! <3
You can substitute with chia seeds or flax seeds.