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Chocolate Raspberry Loaf | Gluten Free

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
A moist chocolate loaf with sweet, tangy bursts of raspberries. This loaf is gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free.
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25 February 2021
August 26, 2025

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This gluten free chocolate loaf recipe is moist and rich while balanced out well with bursts of tangy sweetness from the raspberries. This recipe is gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free.

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Contents:
  1. Ingredients
  2. How to Make Gluten Free Chocolate Raspberry Loaf
  3. Add the Raspberries
  4. Baking Dairy Free Chocolate Loaf
  5. Serving Chocolate Raspberry Loaf
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  7. Gluten Free Choc Raspberry Loaf
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Ingredients

This chocolate loaf recipe requires ingredients that I commonly use in my gluten free baked goods. These include:

  • buckwheat flour (available from most supermarkets and bulk food stores)
  • almond meal (blanched or natural is fine)
  • tapioca starch (also known as tapioca flour)
  • baking powder (try to source aluminium free if possible)
  • coconut sugar (or Rapadura sugar)
  • cacao powder
  • eggs
  • vanilla essence
  • pure maple syrup (be careful not to buy maple flavoured syrup)
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • fresh raspberries
ingredients for chocolate raspberry loaf

How to Make Gluten Free Chocolate Raspberry Loaf

Making this loaf is just about as simple as mixing the dry ingredients in one bowl, the wet ingredients in another bowl and then mixing them both together.

  • Sieve all ingredients together
    Sieve the tapioca starch, buckwheat flour, cacao and baking powder together.
  • whisk ingredients together to add air to the mixture
    Add the almond meal and coconut sugar and whisk to combine well and add air to the mixture.

Coconut sugar can be quite lumpy. Make sure to remove lumps by pressing down each lump with the back of a spoon. Then use a whisk to mix the dry ingredients together โ€“ using a whisk helps to add air to the mixture.

  • In a seperate bowl whisk together the wet ingredients
    In a second bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients.
  • Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
    Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well with a spoon to combine.

Add the Raspberries

The final step is to add the raspberries. I like to use fresh raspberries but you can use frozen if fresh raspberries are out of season. I like to reserve around 8 raspberries to place on the top of the loaf before it goes into the oven.

  • add fresh raspberries to bowl
    Add the fresh raspberries to the bowl.
  • mix fresh raspberries through loaf mixture
    Mix the fresh raspberries through the loaf mixture. Itโ€™s ok if they start to break apart slightly.

Pour the mixture into a baking paper lined loaf tin and press the reserved fresh raspberries into the top of the uncooked loaf.

  • press whole raspberries into the top of the loaf
    Press fresh raspberries into the top of the loaf.

Baking Dairy Free Chocolate Loaf

Bake the gluten free chocolate raspberry loaf at 170 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until crispy on the outside and a skewer comes out clean when pressed into the centre.

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Allow the loaf to sit in the tin for around 5 minutes out of the oven before removing from the tin and placing onto a cooling rack.

Freshly baked chocolate bread

Serving Chocolate Raspberry Loaf

This loaf needs to be cooled to room temperature before slicing to prevent crumbling. Due to the gluten free nature of the loaf, be extra careful when slicing to prevent it from falling apart.

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Gluten Free chocolate loaf recipe

Gluten Free Choc Raspberry Loaf

5 from 1 vote
By: Sarah Bell
A moist chocolate loaf with sweet, tangy bursts of raspberries. This loaf is gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Servings: 12

Equipment

  • 2 mixing bowls
  • Measuring Cups & Spoons
  • Whisk
  • Baking Paper
  • Loaf Tin

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup buckwheat flour
  • 1 1/2 cups almond meal
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup tapioca starch
  • 1/2 cup cacao powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
  • 250 g raspberries, fresh
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Instructionsย 

  1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
  2. Sieve buckwheat flour, baking powder, tapioca starch and cacao powder into a large mixing bowl. Add in the almond meal and coconut sugar and whisk to combine.
  3. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla extract, maple syrup and olive oil.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix to combine. Reserve 8 raspberries and add remaining raspberries to the mixture. Fold raspberries through mixture to combine.
  5. Transfer the mixture into a baking paper lined loaf tin, spreading out so that it is even. Press the remaining raspberries into the top of the loaf.
  6. Place the loaf into the oven and bake for one hour and 10 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when pushed into the centre. Allow to sit in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Notes

Store loaf in an airtight container at room temperature for one day, transferring into the refrigerator the following day.ย 
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Nutrition

Calories: 364kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 6gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 33mgPotassium: 268mgFiber: 5gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 66IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 102mgIron: 2mg
Course: Sweets
Cuisine: Dairy Free,Gluten Free
Diet: Diabetic,Gluten Free,Low Lactose
Keyword: almond meal,buckwheat flour,Chocolate,raspberries
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  1. Felicity

    February 28, 2021 AT 6.20 PM

    5 stars
    So delicious! This recipe was easy to make and loved by all family members. I used frozen raspberries rather than fresh and it worked perfectly ??. Will definitely make again.

    Reply
    1. Sarah Bell

      March 1, 2021 AT 9.25 AM

      So lovely to hear, thank you!

      Reply
  2. Meredith

    August 26, 2021 AT 8.02 AM

    Hi! Have you every tried using 1/2 C applesauce and 1/2 C olive oil? Do you think it would be ok to try?

    Reply
    1. Sarah Bell

      August 27, 2021 AT 12.08 PM

      Hi Meredith, I haven’t tried that before but I think it could work. Let me know how you go!

      Reply
  3. Kylie Thompson

    September 27, 2021 AT 5.54 PM

    Hi Sarah, my gut doesnโ€™t respond well to buckwheat, is there an alternative youโ€™d recommend?

    Reply
    1. Sarah Bell

      September 28, 2021 AT 7.30 AM

      Hi Kylie, you could potentially try a gluten free blend in place of the buckwheat flour and tapioca starch. I haven’t personally tried this so I can’t guarantee that it will work but I have a good feeling it would. I’d love to know how you go if you try it!

      Reply
  4. Malini

    March 10, 2024 AT 7.46 AM

    Hi Sarah!

    Is almond meal different from super fine, blanched almond flour, or would almond flour also work in this recipe?

    Reply
    1. Sarah Bell

      March 12, 2024 AT 6.21 AM

      Some blanched almond meal from the store is quite course and therefore if using almond meal I would recommend blending it more in a food processor to get more of an almond flour texture. Almond flour would be perfect in this recipe.

      Reply
      1. Malini

        April 8, 2024 AT 5.39 AM

        Thank you, Sarah! I was just unsure which kind to use, because the recipe calls for “almond meal,” and the blanched kind that’s more common is normally called “almond flour.” I will try this recipe with almond flour!

        Reply
        1. Sarah Bell

          April 8, 2024 AT 11.54 AM

          Hi Malini, almond flour is perfect for this recipe – in Australia almond flour is less common but it is basically just blanched almond meal anyway. Some blanched almond meals can be quite course though, so they can be blended for a finer flour like texture.

          Reply

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