Wanted: Birthday cake recipe

[ONHI]

Our daughter's Bday is coming up next week. I would like a recipe that is "tried and true" so we don't have to choke it down.

We have just recently gone GF and have not tried to find a cake recipe yet. A bonus would be without rice flour as I may be having a prob. with it but any great recipe will be great!
Thanks in advance!

[ONHI]

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[Linda]

I made this as a "test" cake last week. My son's birthday is in November. I used Bette Hagman's featherlight mixture but that has rice flour in it. We have only been on the GF diet since August, and the only other flour recipe I have used that my son really likes is Carol Fenster's sorghum-corn flour blend. I have no idea how that will work in this recipe, but I'll post the recipe and then the mix. (I got the recipe from the internet, I have no idea who came up with it originally, although I do have a non-GF version that is just a bit different.)

Gluten Free Wacky Cake
1 1/2 cups GF flour mix
1 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
1 cup sugar
3 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp vinegar
6 tbsp oil (I used canola)
1 cup cold water

Preheat oven to 350F.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, soda and salt.
Make three "wells" in the flour mixture. In the first well, put vanilla, in the second the vinegar, and in the third the oil.
Pour the cold water over the mixture and stir until moistened.
Pour into an 8x8 pan.
Bake at 350 until it springs back when touched lightly...about 30 min.

I also added about 1/4 cup plain yogurt for added moistness. The middle of the cake sank just a little bit after it cooled, but I think my oven is on the fritz. Everyone in the house liked this cake, but I think it did have the faintest "gritty" texture which most people say is the rice flour. If you use an alternative mix, you may not get that gritty feeling.

Carol Fenster's Sorghum Corn flour Blend
makes 4 1/2 cups
1 1/2 cups sorghum flour
1 1/2 cups potato starch OR corn starch
1 cup tapioca starch (flour)
1/2 cup corn flour

Please be aware that tapioca starch and tapioca flour are the same thing, but potato starch and potato flour are completely different.

Good luck,
Linda