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Tell us about it  Simple Chocolate Buckwheat Cake/Pancake Recipe
monimo Apr 14, 2012 06:05 PM  My boyfriend loves German
Chocolate cake but he is very sensitive to gluten and does not
eat it. So it's been some time since he has actually had it. His
birthday is coming up so I want to make him a cake. I have some
buckwheat flour and I was hoping to use it and not go out and
buy a bunch of crazy niche Bob's Mill flours or whatever.  I
also am quite skilled at making the crepe gateau, so I was
thinking that since there are so many buckwheat pancake recipes
a chocolate buckwheat crepe would be doable. Does anyone have a
simple recipe for buckwheat chocolate cake or pancakes? I'm
either going to do some petit fors or the crepe gateau.  I'll be
sure to post the resulting recipe! I have a super boiled
frosting recipe I'm dying to try. Just hoping to find a nice
reliable, simple cake recipe so I won't have to fuss with it or
do a bunch of tests in my tiny