Serves 12 slices

For our first birthday we made this amazingly rich and deliciously moist low FODMAP chocolate cake. So, it seemed only fair for us to share it with you! This cake is not only low FODMAP but is also gluten free, dairy free, egg free and soy free.

We have provided you with both a chocolate ganache and buttercream icing recipe, so you can choose which icing option you would like for your low FODMAP chocolate cake.

This recipe has been adapted from Chelsea Winter’s Italian Chocolate cake recipe.

Author: Kelsey Paterson, Monash FODMAP trained Dietitian

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 50 minutes

Chocolate Cake

• 1  3/4 Cups Edmonds Gluten free flour
• 1 Cup white sugar
• 1/2 Cup cocoa powder
• 1  1/4 tsp baking powder
• Just under 1/2 Cup rice bran oil
• 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1-2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 Cups room temp water

Chocolate Ganache

• 200g dark chocolate
• 2/3 Cup coconut cream
• 2 Tbsp white sugar
• Pinch of salt

Buttercream

• 1 Cup Olivani or another dairy butter alternative
• 3 Cups icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C on regular bake.
2. Grease a 20-22cm cake tin and line the tin with baking paper.
3. Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt into a large mixing bowl. Stir with a whisk to combine evenly. Make a large well in the centre.
4. Pour the oil, vinegar, vanilla and water into the well. Using the whisk, start in the middle and stir the mixture until combined. Be gentle with your mixing as you don’t want to flatten the bubbles.
5. Pour your cake mixture into your cake tine and bake just below the centre of the oven for about 50 minutes or until cooked.
6. Let it cool in the tin for 10 minutes before flipping onto a cake rack to cool completely.

Chocolate Ganache

1. Break chocolate up into a mixing bowl.
2. Gently heat the coconut cream with the sugar in a small pot or in the microwave, then pour over chocolate.
3. Stir until the chocolate is melted and well combined with the cream
4. Leave to cool on the bench before icing your cake.

Butterless Buttercream

1. In a microwave proof dish, soften butter until it reaches room temperature.
2. Whip butter with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes
3. Add icing sugar in 1/2 cup increments, whipping for ~30 seconds between.
4. Add vanilla extract.
5. If mixture is too dry or thick, add 1 Tbsp of plant based milk to add moisture

Note: It is easiest to add to the cake, when the cake has been in the fridge