Gluten-Free Wacky Depression Era Chocolate Cake

Gluten-free and vegan chocolate cake. Ideally, let it sit a few hours before covering; cover well as it dries out more quickly than other traditional cakes. I don't know why, but it seems better a day or two after it's made, perhaps because it takes that long to set up.

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

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 ¾ cups water
• 2 cups dark brown sugar
• ⅔ cup olive oil
• cooking spray
• 1 ½ cups rice flour
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, with liquid

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.