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Gluten-Free Chocolate Gingerbread

1 cup brown rice flour or sorghum flour

3/4 cup almond meal
1/2 cup cornstarch or potato starch- not potato flour
3/4 cup coconut sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg or cardamon
2 large organic free-range eggs, beaten
1/2 cup unsulphured molasses
1/4 cup organic coconut oil
4 tablespoons almond or coconut milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a 9-inch ceramic loaf pan with a piece of parchment paper that rises up the long sides of the pan.In a mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients- brown rice flour through nutmeg. Add in the eggs, molasses, coconut oil, almond milk and vanilla extract and beat well, until the batter is smooth. A standing mixer will handle this task best. Scoop the gingerbread batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake in the center of the oven for roughly an hour. The top will crack a bit. A cake tester inserted into the center should emerge clean. Allow the loaf to cool in the pan until it is cooled enough to handle. Gently remove it from the pan (this is where the parchment paper lining comes in handy) and continue to cool on a wire rack.