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Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake with Fruits

This is an amazing gluten-free vanilla cake recipe, topped with fresh fruits and covered in a delicious, sweet vanilla cream frosting! 

Heeey! So good to be back! I missed cooking and writing on the blog. I had a super short vacation and a mini-getaway last weekend. I went to the seaside and took a break from all the work, stress, and school stuff. I wanted to share with you this gluten-free vanilla cake recipe last Wednesday, but I was a little bit lazy. Sorry.

Here are some photos from our trip to Vama Veche! 🙂 Hehe…we had a lot of fun and the weather was just perfect! The food was kind of crappy…but we drank a lot instead 😀

seaside vama veche road

The first pic is at 7 o’clock in the morning, on our way to Vama Veche. It was so foggy and I was kind of sad, worrying that the weather will not be on our side. The second photo is on our way back home. I love those canola fields!

vama veche seaside beach

These were taken as soon as we arrived! The weather changed completely! Sunny, a little bit windy, but perfect nonetheless!

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About this….AWESOME cake recipe! I’m not going to be modest at all, this was delicious! Can you believe this was my first baked cake…ever?! I only made raw vegan cakes so far and this was kind of new to me. I made this amazing gluten-free vanilla cake recipe for my mother’s birthday last week and it was a huge success!

Unfortunately, the recipe is not vegan, as it contains eggs. For the cake crust, I used the Gluten-Free Sweet Bread recipe. I am new to baking and especially gluten-free baking, so I didn’t want it to turn into a huge mess. By the way, if you have a tested gluten-free sweet bread recipe without eggs, please do tell!

Anyway, the creamy frosting is dairy-, sugar-, egg-free and it is actually raw! It was delicious! The semi-sweet taste with lemon and vanilla flavor goes great with fresh fruits!

This is one of my favorite gluten-free cakes by far! I’ll make another gluten-free/dairy-free cake recipe for Costin’s name day at the end of this month. This time, I’ll try something with chocolate. 😀

Gluten-Free fruit cake Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake

Yield: 1 gluten-free vanilla cake (25x25cm)

Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake with Fruits a

Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake

This is an amazing gluten-free vanilla cake recipe, topped with fresh fruits and covered in a delicious, sweet banana-cashew cream!

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200g (7oz) Schar gluten-free flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 115g (½ cup) caster sugar
  • 120ml (½ cup) grapeseed oil + more for greasing the tray
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • a pinch of sea salt
  • Frosting
  • 400g (2 cups) raw cashews, soaked overnight or for at least 1 hour
  • 3 ripe bananas, sliced
  • zest of 2 lemons
  • one lemon's juice
  • 2 tsps vanilla extract
  • 4 Tbsps honey, or other healthy sweetener of choice
  • Syrup and other ingredients
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 120ml (½ glass) water
  • fruits: 2 kiwis, 10 strawberries, 1 tangerine
  • 50g (½ cup) almond flakes

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven at 356F/180C.
  2. Grease the sweet bread tray with some oil. The sizes of my tray are approx. 10cm x 30cm.
  3. Separate egg yolks from the egg whites.
  4. Whisk egg whites until foamy. Add sea salt.
  5. Whisk egg yolks with sugar, oil, vanilla extract and baking powder. Slowly add flour and incorporate. Add foamy egg white. Mix using a spatula.
  6. Pour the composition in the greased tray.
  7. Put it in the oven and let it bake for 45-50 minutes.

Frosting:

  1. Add all ingredients in your food processor and process until smooth and creamy. If you don't have a very powerful food processor, add cashews first and process until smooth, then add the rest of the ingredients.

Syrup:

  1. Combine honey with water.

Assembly:

  1. Slice cake crust in two. It may have a small bump on the top, so slice that too. The layers should be smooth and straight.
  2. Put one cake layer on a cake platter. Slowly pour syrup evenly on top of it. Use half the quantity.
  3. Add some frosting. Spread evenly. Add some sliced fruits.
  4. Cover with the other cake layer. Add syrup all over it, like you did before.
  5. Spread the frosting all over the cake, on top and on sides. Use a blunt knife to spread it evenly.
  6. Decorate with fruits on top and almond flakes on the sides.

Nutrition Information

Yield

12

Amount Per Serving Calories 162Total Fat 3gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 62mgSodium 90mgCarbohydrates 31gFiber 2gSugar 17gProtein 4g

I strive to keep the information as accurate as possible but make no warranties regarding its accuracy. I encourage you to make your own calculations using your preferred nutrition calculator.

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I recommend you to try the Easiest vegan cake recipe ever! 

Sasha

Monday 23rd of July 2018

This cake is just GORGEOUS! And perfect for an anniversary party :) I didn't have kiwi so I used bananas instead and it was still amazing! Love it!

Ruxandra

Wednesday 1st of August 2018

Thank you! So glad you liked it!

Gabriela Sandu

Wednesday 7th of May 2014

Arata demential tortul! Sanatos si colorat cum ii sta bine unui dulce bun. Tocmai mi-ai dat o idee pentru un tortulet raw :). Iti multumesc! Cat despre indulcitor, ai incercat pana acum zaharul de cocos? Are un indice glicemic mai bun decat zaharul normal, procesul de productie e mai natural si isi mai pastreaza din nutrienti. Eu il folosesc cand am nevoie. Din pacate si despre el sunt multe pro si contra...Alti indulcitori naturali de care am auzit, dar nu am folosit pana acum sunt stevia si xilitolul Numai bine!

Ruxandra

Thursday 8th of May 2014

Multumesc! :D Intradevar se poate face raw super usor. Nu stiam de zahar de cocos. Suna tare bine. Chiar il voi testa. Stevia nu e prea ok pentru dulciuri. Eu o folosesc doar pt indulcit ceaiul sau alte lichide. Are un gust un pic artificial, sau asa mi se pare mie. De xilitol am auzit insa nu l-am testat. Mersi mult de tot pentru sfaturi! :D

Shruti

Wednesday 7th of May 2014

its beautiful..I m really gonna try this

Anca

Monday 5th of May 2014

Trebuie sa incerc reteta cat mai curand.. imi ploua in gura :) Imi spui si mie cand gasesti o solutie pt inlocuirea zaharului. Si eu ma lupt cu asta!

Ruxandra

Thursday 8th of May 2014

Ma bucur ca iti place! :D Zicea Gabriela de zahar de cocos. Suna tare bine. Chiar o sa il testez si revin cu un review :)

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