Gluten-free fudgy chocolate & coffee cake with buttercream frosting {GF}

Who else loves CHOCOLATE?! Now add in coffee and you have a HOME-RUN dessert! This gluten-free cake combines my two favorite treats- coffee & chocolate! I topped this delicious treat with fresh strawberries and Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips to make this the PERFECT dessert for every season and Holiday!

The base of this cake can be paired with any frosting and toppings. It’s an easy-to-make recipe that is moist, flavorful, and has the BEST chocolate & coffee flavor.

If you prefer to make this cake without coffee, you can sub out hot water instead and the recipe will turn out the same. Or, you can replace it with a decaf coffee option to be able to enjoy this treat ALL DAY EVERYDAY!

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 cups gluten-free flour (I use King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten-free Flour)
• 2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (My favorite is Hershey’s)
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup hot coffee water (replace with hot water or decaf coffee)

Frosting

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 7 1/2-9 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4-5 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 F
2. Butter three 8-inch cake pans
3. Add flour, sugar, cocoa powder & salt to a mixing bowl- combine well.
4. To dry ingredients, add eggs, buttermilk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract- mix well.
5. Add in hot coffee and combine until all ingredients are incorporated
6. Divide batter evenly between pans and bake for 30 minutes. Check around 25 minutes because some ovens cook quicker.
7. Remove cakes, allow to cool for 15 minutes, then transfer to cooling racks and let rest until completely cool.
8. While cakes are cooling, make frosting by beating butter in a mixing bowl until smooth.
9. Add in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time to ensure you don’t make the frosting too dry.
10. Add in vanilla extract, milk, and cocoa powder. Mix for 5 minutes until the frosting is smooth. Add in more milk if the frosting is too thick or more powdered sugar/cocoa powder is the frosting is too thin.
11. Frost cake and enjoy 🙂

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Gluten-free Chocolate & Coffee Cake

Fudgey, Moist, Flavorful

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Resting Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Servings: 8 people

Course: Dessert

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• Cake
• 2 cups gluten-free flour I use King Arthur Measure for Measure Gluten-free Flour
• 2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder My favorite is Hershey’s
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup hot coffee water replace with hot water or decaf coffee
• Frosting
• 2 1/2 cups unsalted butter softened
• 7 1/2-9 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4-5 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp salt

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 300 F
2. Butter three 8-inch cake pans
3. Add flour, sugar, cocoa powder & salt to a mixing bowl- combine well.
4. To dry ingredients, add eggs, buttermilk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract- mix well.
5. Add in hot coffee and combine until all ingredients are incorporated
6. Divide batter evenly between pans and bake for 30 minutes. Check around 25 minutes because some ovens cook quicker.
7. Remove cakes, allow to cool for 15 minutes, then transfer to cooling racks and let rest until completely cool.
8. While the cakes are cooling, make the frosting by beating the butter in a mixing bowl until smooth.
9. Add in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time to ensure you don’t make the frosting too dry.
10. Add in vanilla extract, milk, and cocoa powder. Mix for 5 minutes until the frosting is smooth. Add in more milk if the frosting is too thick or more powdered sugar/cocoa powder if the frosting is too thin.
11. Frost cake and enjoy 🙂

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