Small chocolate cake-brownies. Gluten, Dairy, Egg and White Sugar free.

You would never believe that these little cake like brownie are Egg, Gluten, Dairy and white sugar free if you didn’t know it, and none of your guest would know it either, they would simply think that they had just tasted one of the best chocolate cakes ever.
Even good for people who are keeping an eye on their cholesterol.

Good served a bit warm with a scoop of ice cream and some fresh berries for a lovely desert, but also equally as good for just eating on its own cold.

 

Makes 10-11

175g Doves farm gluten free plain white flour
50g pure unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder
½ teaspoon Carbonate of soda
¼ Xantham gum
½ teaspoon salt
100ml Mild Olive Oil
100ml or 125g naturally sweetened apple sauce. See here for recipe.
150ml Agave syrup or Sweet freedom
1 tablespoon vanilla past or 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
100ml strong coffee
150g Dark dairy free chocolate buttons.

Preheat the oven to 175°C
fill the cupcake mould with papers or grease them with a bit of oil.

Whisk or sift together all the dry ingredients in a big bowl.
Mix all the wet ingredients in another bowl and stir it into the dry ingredients using a wooden spoon. Be careful not to over work the dough, as you just want to stir until it all comes together, and then stir in the chocolate buttons.
Fill the 10-11 cupcake moulds and bake for 14-16 minutes.

Note: you can easily make these the day before serving, and they will keep moist for several days because there is no eggs in them.