June 21, 2010

Gluten Free Recipe: Peanut Butter Chocolate Cakes

Gluten Free Scallywag_Choc Peanut Butter Cake Sandwich_closeup

A girlfriend of mine recently walked down an aisle of a chapel wearing a stunning off white fishtail gown to be  see the love of her life standing a few metres away. She was simply radiant. I was honoured to have been a part of her special day and to have attended her (rather hilarious) hens night a few weeks earlier.

A black and pink girls night out was all she was after and I made these sweet little gluten free peanut butter & chocolate cakes, that fitted (pretty close to) perfectly with the black and pink theme. I promised I'd post them here, and here they are with love and happiness for the gorgeous bride and good friend; Laura. To you and El - wishing you happiness (and cake!) in your adventure together.

Gluten Free Scallywag_Choc Peanut Butter Cake Sandwich

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake
This recipe is adapted to a peanut butter chocolate sheet cake from my Gluten Free Triple Chocolate Cupcakes and I sandwiched them together with some (crunchy) Peanut Butter Frosting!

120g butter
150g chocolate
1 cup (125g) almond meal
1/3 cup (60g) potato flour
1/3 cup (35g) cocoa
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/3 cup (95g) smooth or crunchy gluten free peanut butter
1/3 cup (70g) castor sugar
1/4cup (60ml) milk
3eggs

Preheat oven to 165DegC and line a lamington tray with baking paper. For cupcakes: Line a 12 hole cupcake tin and cook at 180DegC for approximately 12-15minutes.

Melt butter and chocolate by your preffered method. Allow to cool.

Mix together dry ingredients with a whisk to ensure there are no lumps and flours and baking powders are evenly dispersed.

Whisk eggs and add to flour mix along with peanut butter and the cooled chocolate mixture. Mix to combine but do not over beat.

Pour into lined tray and bake for approximately 15minutes. This will depend on the size of your baking tray, so make sure you check the cake with a skewer.

Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.

To Assemble Peanut Butter Sandwiches: 

When the cake has cooled completely remove baking paper and place on a cutting board. With a cookie cutter (don't use anything too detailed or it will break, stick with scalloped circles, hearts maybe or plain squares and circles) carefully cut shapes out of your sheet cake.

Keeping the cutout shapes on the board. Use a piping bag to frost half the shapes with Peanut Butter Frosting  or any flavour you like!(This can be done by spreading the frosting on with a knife or spatula however, you are more likely to have breakages.) Place the plain shapes on top of the frosted halves and gently squeeze together.

Transfer to a cake stand or place in a tin for transportation.

Enjoy!

7 commented:

  1. Oh my - how beautiful! In the US we have potato starch and potato flour - they are different. Did you use potato flour or starch?

    Your photography is brilliant!
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  2. This is so pretty. What an adorable treat for afternoon tea :)
    Have a great weekend.
    *kisses* HH
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  3. Carol - I bought potato flour, I haven't seen starch in oz. 1/3 cup of a gf flour (like your mix) would substitute fine though!
    HH - thank you - you too!
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  4. Nothing about this recepe but I wanted to know if you know of any Gluten Free seasonings that can be bought. Ive been looking hard for some. Thanks!
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  5. In the US we also have peanut flour which is 2 the protein and half the fat of peanut butter. Use it anywhere a recipe calls for PB or nut flours, for a unique twist on many treats. Trader Joe's is but one source for this wonderous product... TwigaMeg
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  6. We tried this in US measurements to the best of our knowledge. First wanted to make a small batch for a taste before taking the plunge into a full batch. They came out very dry. not at all like how yours looks! What did we do wrong?
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  7. Love these, they look so pretty, photos are great :)
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