Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake (for shaped pans)

The truth is, short of being a professional baker or Martha Stewart, no one else probably owns a bunch of specialty and seasonal cake pans. These pans produce really whimsical cakes, and they typically come with a recipe because they require a sturdy cake, almost like a pound cake (and typically 5-10 cups of batter). So the typical box mix won’t do, add gluten-free to the requirements and you have a recipe for disaster. So I have had to adapt my old recipes to work in these shaped pans.