By Laurie Sadowski
This chocolate pudding cake has a brownie-like topping covering a molten-merlot infused fudge pudding. It’s to be shared, of course, with your number one chocolate lover.
Makes 2 generous servings
Free of: gluten and all top allergens
Cake Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sorghum flour
- 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (dark, if possible)
- 2 tbsp teff flour
- 2 tbsp tapioca flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp allergy-safe semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup unrefined cane sugar
- 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
- 2 tbsp refined coconut oil, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Pudding Ingredients
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (dark, if possible)
- 3/4 cup merlot wine, warmed
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Lightly oil a glass dish, about 4×8 inches. Place the sorghum flour, cocoa powder, teff flour, tapioca flour, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt in a medium-sized bowl. Whisk well to combine. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Add the sugar, non-dairy milk, coconut oil and vanilla extract to a small bowl. Whisk well to combine. Pour this mixture into the flour mixture. Stir until combined.
Spread the mixture into the prepared dish (it will be thick). - For the pudding, place the sugar and cocoa powder into a small bowl. Whisk well to combine. Sprinkle the mixture over the batter. Then slowly pour the warmed wine overtop. Do not stir.
- Put the dish on top of a baking sheet, in case of spillover. Bake 30-35 minutes, until bubbling, and the topping feels firm to the touch. Cool 15 minutes. Serve warm, and indulge.
Laurie Sadowski is a cookbook author whose most recent book is “The Allergy-Free Cook Bakes Cakes and Cookies”. Visit her at www.lauriesadowski.com.
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