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Gingerbread Cake
- 3 cups gluten-free flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 3/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup LouAna coconut oil, melted
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup vegan butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- splash unsweetened almond milk (if needed)
Instructions
Gingerbread Cake
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the almond milk and the apple cider vinegar and allow it to sit for about 10 minutes while you prepare the rest of the cake
- In a large bowl, sift and whisk together all your dry ingredients
- After the almond milk mixture sits, pour that into the dry cake bowl and mix to combine
- Stir in the melted coconut oil, vanilla, and molasses. Fold the cake batter until all of the coconut oil is absorbed
- Pour your batter into 3 greased 6-inch cake pans and place on a baking sheet. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Let your cakes cool completely on a cooling rack before frosting
Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting
- Beat the softened butter and vanilla extract on low with your hand mixer. Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until you add all 4 cups. Finally, beat in the cinnamon and almond milk (if needed)
- Add a full amount of frosting on top of each cake and smooth out
- **NOTE: you may need to slice the tops of the cakes to make them flat
- Layer each cake slice on top of the other and then just lightly frost and spread the frosting along the sides
- **NOTE: there are tons of videos on how to frost a naked cake
- Slice, enjoy! Keep leftover cake covered on your kitchen counter (if you refrigerate it, it will get hard because of the coconut oil). Eat within a couple days
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8 people