Gluten-Free Wacky Depression Era Chocolate Cake

Try this gluten-free and vegan Depression-era-inspired chocolate cake, so rich and fudgy, and ideal for the dark chocolate lovers out there!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 357 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 2 cups dark brown sugar
• cooking spray
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, with liquid
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 1.75 cups water
• 0.66666668653488 cup olive oil
• 1.5 cups rice flour
• 0.66666668653488 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x12-inch baking pan with cooking spray and dust with rice flour.

Step 2

Combine rice flour, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, and cocoa powder in a food processor; pulse until well mixed. Mix in olive oil. Pour in garbanzo beans with liquid; puree until smooth. Blend in water gradually. Mix in vinegar; batter will be thin. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until edges pull away from the pan, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool for 1 hour before serving, otherwise it will be crumbly.