The 11th hour

On the most part I have been extremely well planned for 31 Days of Cake partly because I am a anal nut mostly because I have to, to be able to fit in baking a cake around the business of our family. However today different, I wasn't in the mood to make the cake I had planned today. Master Seven wanted to help make the cake so that also changed plans I didn't want to make a cake that was going to cause a lot of stress. Really what the boy was interested in was decorating the cake so after several hours of going through the Women's Weekly Party Cake book and a flick through Pintrest w e came up with a design that I left would keep us all happy.

It may seem odd that I have made a gluten free cake then decorated it with biscuits that are not gluten free. Yes it is a tad weird but it is also a compromise as well my son isn't strictly gluten free we just try and reduce gluten were we can in his diet as we find to much has a negative affect. It also gave me a chance to play around with the White Wings Gluten Free Flour, which I have been told is the bomb.

 

Lactose, Egg and Gluten Free Chocolate Cake

1 1/2 cups gluten free SR flour

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 cup caster sugar

1 cup water

1/4 cup rice bran oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

 

- Preheat oven 160c and line cake tin.

- Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix for 3-4min.

- Bake for 45-50min.

 

 

 

 

To decorate we used the butter cream icing the same as for the marble cake. Put chocolate fingers on the side and overed the top with m&m's really what kid wouldn't want to make this cake.

 

To be honest which I said I would with this. I don't really like this cake, the kids wont mind it but to me the texture is rather odd. It is spongy but not in a nice was its a bit like easting rubber so really the icing and the decorations were the best part.