Healthy Gf and Vegan Vanilla Cake

a simple, insanely amazing and dare i say moist cake that u wouldn’t even know is vegan and gluten free!

whether it’s someone’s birthday or not, anytime is a good time for cake, especially if it’s this cake in particular:)

if it happens to be your birthday today tho, then this is for u love<3

THE RECIPE:

yields: 8-12 slices

prep time: 20 min

cook time: 21 min

total time (including cooling): 1 hour

ingredients

for the cake-

2 flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flaxseed + 6 tbsp water, mix, and let sit for 5 min)

1/4 cup melted coconut oil

1/2 cup coconut sugar (can sub other granulated sweetener)

1/4 cup creamy nut or seed butter

1/4 cup maple syrup (can sub honey, date syrup, or other liquid sweetener)

1/3 cup + 2 tbsp non dairy milk

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup gf oat flour (1 cup blended gf oats)

1 cup almond flour

1/4 cup tapioca flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

for the frosting-

3/4 cup vegan butter (softened, i used @miyokoscreamery )

1 3/4 cup powdered sugar (can sub other powdered sweetener)

1 tsp vanilla

a sprinkle of salt

1/2 tbsp non dairy milk

sprinkles (for topping, optional but fun + yum;))

instructions

*preheat oven to 350 F and line and grease two 9 inch round cake pans, set aside

*for the cake- in a large bowl mix together coconut oil, flax eggs, coconut sugar, nut or seed butter, maple syrup, non dairy milk, and vanilla

*then add in the oat flour, almond flour, tapioca flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt

*pour the batter into the pans and bake for 17-23 min, or until a toothpick comes out clean

*for the frosting- in a medium bowl with an electric mixer whip together the vegan butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and non dairy milk until completely smooth

*when the cake is completely cooled (around 20-30 min), put a layer of frosting between the two rounds and then frost the top and sides, decorate as you please, slice and enjoy!