Will xanthan gum do as a substitute for golden flax meal in recipes? @Dori Ann, Thanks for the tip about the xanthan gum. That recipe is almost exactly the same as the old "Black Magic Cake" recipe from the back of the Hershey's box. That one calls for sour milk (1 T vinegar + balance milk) instead of milk, and hot strong coffee for the hot water. The leavening is 2 t baking soda, 1 t baking powder. I dissolve the 3/4 cup cocoa in the hot coffee, to bloom the flavor, and substitute coconut sugar or Rapadura/Sucanat (unrefined cane sugar) for the sugar, because it is too sweet in a gluten free version, otherwise. Back in my gluten eating days, my mother modified the recipe to 1 3/4 cups of sugar, anyway.

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