Friday 17 August 2012

Gluten Free Vegan Vanilla Cake with Raspberries


With Chocolate Peanut Butter Icing

This is by far the most moist cake I have ever made and its gluten free and vegan!

Prep: 15 Minutes
Cook: 30 Minutes


INGREDIENTS

Cake:
1 2/3 cups gluten free all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sunflower oil (or vegetable/
coconut/canola)
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 cup milk
8 oz raspberries

Icing:
3 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons cocoa powder


Cake Baking Instructions:
  1. Turn oven to 350 degrees F
  2. Grease an 8 inch glass baking dish
  3. Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl
  4. Add the room temperature butter to the dry ingredients and mix well
  5. In a separate bowl, combine all the wet ingredients and mix well
  6. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mix thoroughly or beat on high with a beater until ingredients are mixed well, the batter will be have a thin runny consistency
  7. Add batter immediately to the greased pan, sprinkle half of berries in batter
  8. Bake @ 350° F for 30 minutes, remove from oven when baked and let cool before adding icing

Icing Instructions:
  1. Add all ingredients in a medium-large bowl and beat with an electric beater, or do by hand, mix until all ingredients are combined and a medium-thick icing is formed, if you prefer a very thick icing, start with 2 cups of icing sugar, and gradually add in the milk, you may prefer to use half the milk we use and the additional sugar may not be required.

1 comment:

  1. I was trying to find where I found this recipe - I made this and it was so moist and yummy. The tartness of the raspberries were perfect with the sweet icing. This is a keeper for sure!

    I used more peanut butter in the icing because were big peanut butter lovers in this house!

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