Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2011

Where do I begin???? This cake is stupid-good! I'm gluten intolerant, but my husband is not. He insisted that I make him a birthday cake that I could eat and he loves chocolate. I was hesitant to try this - even after the other great reviews - but soooo glad I did. I made a couple of additions, but the only changes I made to the cake recipe was to use 1 1/2 teaspoons of the xanthan gum as other reviewers pointed out. I used the best cocoa - Callebut - I could find. Trust me on this one, the brand of cocoa you use makes a lot of difference. I added a raspberry sauce filling between the layers and iced it with a simple cocoa whipped cream and garnished with fresh raspberries. It was the best chocolate cake we have ever had. An FYI to those baking this for the first time, TRUST the recipe! The batter seems too thick, gummy and gloppy (for lack of a better word) when you mix it and add it to your baking pans (I used two 9" rounds) and is hard to spread around the pans, but it bakes up perfectly. Thank you Gluten Free Mommy, this recipe is a treasure!

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clearisfullheart

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Lake Mary, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2011

I made cupcakes instead of a 9x13. The cupcakes were great, but the icing wasn't the best... I think the sour cream made it too sour or something just didn't mix right, I ended up making another chocolate icing.

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s.annette

Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2011

Loved this recipe!!! I doubled it and made a Birthday cake. Tasted amazing!

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erinpineo82

Reviewed: Jun. 18, 2011

1 1/2 tablespoons xanthan gum? I think this is way to much ...I followed the recipie to the letter and it turned out like a brownie cake. not so good either it fell right away. It was expensive to make and it did not turn out good at all. I cook a lot but I am new at gluten free cooking.

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seaworld

Reviewed: Jun. 7, 2011

I used this recipe to make cupcakes and they were fantastic. I only had brown rice flour (usually baking calls for white rice flour) but they still turned out great. I also reduced the xanthan gum to 1 1/2 tsp. as someone suggested. They rise a lot so I would go with about 1/3 third full for cupcakes or they spill over the top too much. I baked them for 18 minutes.Instead of the frosting I used one reviewers idea to add some caramel sauce to the top. On top of that I added some home made chocolate ganache. I put a pecan on top of that. Definitely a keeper.

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bubbles123

Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2011

These are really fantastic cupcakes! This was my first time in a long time baking gluten-free and I was very surprised. I did use the teaspoon portion of xanthan gum instead. I also used butter cream icing, which I think matches the taste of the cupcakes really well.

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mcginnes21

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2011

Pretty awesome cake... endless possibilities... I followed along with reducing the amt of xanthan gum using 1 tspn, for rice flower I used brown rice flower, instead of buttermilk I used coconut milk (from the dairy dept), light brown sugar in place of dark brown. For the cocoa I used ghirardelli natural unsweetened. I made a two layer chocolate cake and about 12 mini bundt cakes. I made a chocolate ganache in place of icing. heavy cream, chocolate chips, organic coconut, pure bourdon van extract if I were going to give this to kids I would have used regular vanilla extract. My cake consistency was like pudding with these ingredients.

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ValleyDevine

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Stony Point, New York, USA

Living In: West Milford, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: May 6, 2010

Came out great! the icing i goofed up, but thats my fault. I will definitely make these again.

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Shane

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Living In: Austin, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2010

A gluten-free cake that everyone enjoyed!

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Momto3

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Athens, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2010

i found that chilling it b4 serving enhances the flavor. thanks for the great recipe. i did change it to 1.5 t of xanthan gum as another review posted

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