Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water

1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder

1 1/2 cups rice flour

1 cup granulated sugar

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup sunflower oil

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar

For the Glaze

2 oz. dark chocolate finely chopped

1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar

Directions:

Whisk water and cocoa in a small bowl until smooth. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl, and make a well in the center. Add cocoa mixture, oil and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. whisk in vinegar. Pour into pan.

Bake 30 to 35 min. Let cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cake, invert it onto rack, and turn cake right side up. Let cool completely. Transfer cake to a serving plate.

For the glaze, melt chocolate in a heat proof bowl set over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Let cool slightly.

Whisk together sugar and water until smooth. Add melted chocolate in a slow steady stream. Immediately pour glaze onto center of the cooled cake. Using an offset spatula, gently spread glaze over top and sides.