The Mississippi Mud cake has been a favourite of mine since childhood, so it was a priority to adapt when we needed to go gluten free. It’s super rich so it’s a great gluten free dessert cake. Serve it plain or with cream and/or ice cream. This was my birthday request from about the age of 9 years and it still is. This gluten free chocolate mud cake is also a Christmas party special for us – it looks pretty with the icing sugar on top and feels festive without any fuss.

This gluten free recipe is adapted from the original non-gluten-free recipe in Cakes and Slices Cookbook, from The Australian Women’s Weekly - I am slowly working my way through converting the old favourites to a new and improved gluten free version. If you have a favourite cake from a former life that needs to be made gluten free along with any other tricky dietary requirements you have, please send me an email, we love to help!

You can use any gluten free dark chocolate for melting but we love our dark chocolate chunks, which are 70% cacao, gluten free and vegan with zero additives. If you need this cake to be dairy free but don't want to use dairy free spread, you can also use melted coconut oil - use purified coconut oil for no coconut flavour.