Brownie Cake gluten free, dairy free
By: Jessica Glick
Published: Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 11:10pm

Ingredients




7 ounces Earth Balance Soy Free Spread, melted and cooled
5 large eggs, room temperature
2 cups cane sugar
1/2 cup 72% dark chocolate (Trader Joe's Pound Plus, the  red wrapper), chopped
1 teaspoon pure vanilla paste (I use Nielsen Massey)
1 teaspoon espresso powder (Medaglia D’Oro)
1/2 cup gluten free flour blend (2 Tablespoons each: Brown Rice Flour, White Rice Flour & Tapioca Starch)
3/4 cup Cocoa Powder
Coconut oil for greasing the baking dish

Preparation

1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. 2 Lightly spread coconut oil in an oval baking dish (9x12x2 inch deep). 3 Measure out the flour and cocoa powder and sift into a bowl, set aside. 4 In the bowl of an electric mixer, (or using a hand mixer) with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs and sugar on medium-high for about 5 minutes, until it looks very thick and pale yellow - like a cake batter. 5 When the egg and sugar mixture looks ready, lower the speed to low, add the vanilla and espresso powder. 6 Slowly add the flour and cocoa powder mixture (I like to put a dish towel over the mixture so I don’t have cocoa dust everywhere).  Mix just until combined. 7 Add the margarine and mix for another 10 seconds until combined. 8 Pour the brownie mixture into the greased dish. 9 Place dish into an even bigger roasting pan, then slowly add very hot tap water (you do not want any water to splatter into the brownie dish) around the roasting pan filling it about halfway up the side of brownie dish. 10 Bake for 65 minutes exactly. 11 Allow it to cool for 20 minutes before serving.  It will appear like a cake on the outside with a pudding like texture inside.  Serve warm.

About

Adapted from Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa, Back to Basics Cookbook
Rich chocolate creamy pudding oozes out the center with a brownie-like cake on top for one decadent dessert.  This gluten free, dairy free recipe is so easy, yet is so impressive as an entertaining dessert! I served it with Almond Dream's Cappucino Swirl Ice Cream.  Part pudding, part brownie cake - fully satisfies the sweet tooth!