Buddies, meet the vanilla cake of your DREAMS! It’s tremendous fluffy, completely moist, undetectably gluten-free (& dairy-free), and severely…the BEST. It’s spectacular sufficient for a birthday or perhaps a wedding ceremony!
Bonus? It’s additionally SO straightforward to make, with easy strategies, 1 bowl, and 9 elements. Preheat your oven. Allow them to eat cake!
This cake couldn’t be simpler to make! Merely whisk, pour, bake, and luxuriate in your cake, for goodness sake! 😉 Okay, that’s all of the Dr. Seuss we’ve bought in us, buddies.
The secrets and techniques to this PERFECT gluten-free vanilla cake? Almond flour offers it a stunning crumb texture, potato starch retains it gentle, and brown rice flour gives construction. Cane sugar ensures a impartial sweetness and basic vanilla cake taste.
Then we end it off with some cake classics: baking powder, salt, (dairy-free) milk, egg, and pure vanilla extract.
We’ve finished a vegan (& gluten-free) vanilla cake earlier than, however this model has egg, which makes for an additional fluffy consequence!
We will’t wait so that you can do that vanilla cake! It’s:
Mild & fluffy
Moist
Completely candy
Straightforward to make
Gluten-free + dairy-free
& SO basic!
We love topping it with our Dairy-Free Buttercream Frosting and recent berries, however any of our frosting recipes could be welcome. Its impartial taste means you will get artistic and experiment with completely different fillings and frostings (lemon + raspberry, anybody?)!
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Servings 8 (Slices)
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- 1 ⅓ cup almond flour*
- 1/3 heaping cup potato starch (1/3 heaping cup = 1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp*)
- 1/4 cup brown rice flour
- 2/3 cup cane sugar (guarantee natural for vegan-friendly)
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2/3 cup dairy-free milk (plain, unsweetened // we used almond // we don’t advocate canned coconut milk // if not dairy-free, dairy milk must also work)
- 1 massive egg* (natural, pasture-raised when doable)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
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Preheat your oven to 350 levels F (176 C) and grease an 8-inch cake pan* (we used avocado oil). Put aside.
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To a medium mixing bowl, add the almond flour, potato starch, brown rice flour, cane sugar, baking powder, and sea salt. Whisk nicely till totally integrated. Subsequent add the dairy-free milk, egg, and vanilla extract. Whisk once more till simply mixed.
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Pour the batter into your ready cake pan and bake for 24-28 minutes, till the middle springs again when touched or when a toothpick will be eliminated with just a few crumbs left behind.
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Let the cake cool in its pan for 10 minutes earlier than flipping it onto a cooling rack to let cool utterly (~2-3 hours). Frost with buttercream or whipped cream, garnish with berries, and serve!
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Finest loved inside 2 days. To maintain leftover cake moist, cowl with plastic wrap, a cake cowl, or a large bowl flipped the other way up. If utilizing a frosting that melts at room temperature, wait to frost till simply earlier than serving (really useful), or refrigerate the frosted cake then set it out at room temperature for 1 hour earlier than serving.
*Almond flour is essential on this recipe for the best texture. The following most suitable choice is cashew flour. If nut-free, you would probably add a neutral-flavored oil + a lesser quantity of a gluten-free flour mix, however it could require some experimenting and we are able to’t assure success!
*This recipe additionally works nicely for making cupcakes (bake for ~20 minutes)! Recipe as written makes 9 cupcakes.
*In search of a vegan + gluten-free vanilla cake? Discover our vegan version here.
*Diet data is a tough estimate calculated with out optionally available elements.
Serving: 1 slice Energy: 228 Carbohydrates: 31.2 g Protein: 5.1 g Fats: 10.4 g Saturated Fats: 0.9 g Polyunsaturated Fats: 2.5 g Monounsaturated Fats: 6.4 g Trans Fats: 0 g Ldl cholesterol: 23 mg Sodium: 261 mg Potassium: 171 mg Fiber: 2.2 g Sugar: 17.7 g Vitamin A: 61 IU Vitamin C: 0 mg Calcium: 137 mg Iron: 0.9 mg
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