Gluten Free Em’s German Chocolate Cake

Cake:

¼ cup cocoa

½ cup Sugar in the Raw

¼ cup boiling water

¼ cup softened Kerrygold butter

2 Organic Cage Free eggs

½ cup Plain Straus Family Creamery yogurt

½ teaspoon Organic Vanilla extract

¾ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon Kosher salt

1 cup organic light brown or brown rice flour (freshly milled is ideal)

¼ cup Bob's Red Mill tapioca starch

¼ cup Bob's Red Mill potato starch

¼ cup Bob's Red Mill white rice flour

Glaze:
½ cup Sugar in the Raw blended till very fine

2-3 tablespoons dark brown sugar

2-3 drops vanilla flavoring

1 teaspoon of cocoa

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil and dust a round cake pan with potato starch. Combine cocoa and sugar in the boiling water and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Beat butter and eggs together. Add yogurt and vanilla to egg mixture, beating until very well combined. In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients, (baking soda, salt, flours, and starches.) Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture beating until well combined (about 1-2 minutes.) Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes. Let cool for 5-10 minutes. Remove cake from the pan and dribble glaze across the top. Serves 6. Double the recipe for a two layer cake. If you like things extra sweet try doubling the sugar.

If prepared according to the recipe without adding extra sugar, 1 serving contains 35 grams of sugar.

If you are crazy about the coconut pecan frosting that is traditional served with this cake, try this recipe: (I don't do coconut anymore, and this frosting is sinfully sweet)

1 can sweetened condensed milk

3 egg yolks, slightly beaten

1/2 cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-2 cups coconut flakes

1 cup chopped pecans

Yields, approximately 2-2/3 cups frosting. (enough for a two layer cake)