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Vegan Strawberry Cake (GF)
Fluffy strawberry cake that’s undetectably vegan and gluten-free! Infused with vibrant strawberry flavor and perfectly sweet. Just 9 ingredients required!
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 12 (Slices)
Calories: 266 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Vegan
Ingredients
CAKE
- 1 cup Strawberry Puree (~1 ½ cups or 200 g of halved, fresh strawberries as recipe is written // blend until smooth // organic when possible and as ripe as possible for best flavor)
- 1/4 cup avocado oil (or other neutral oil)
- 2/3 cup organic cane sugar (you could try subbing natural sweeteners, but we haven’t tested any yet)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups almond flour*
- 3/4 cup potato starch* (not potato flour)
- 1/3 cup cornstarch* (or sub arrowroot, but we haven’t tried it yet)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
FROSTING optional
- Vegan strawberry frosting
- Vegan buttercream frosting
- Chocolate ganache frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F (176 C) and line a baking dish with parchment paper. This recipe will make one 8x8-inch square, one 9-inch circle, or two 6-inch rounds (adjust if altering batch size).
- To a large mixing bowl, add strawberry purée, oil, sugar, and vanilla extract. Whisk to combine.
- Add almond flour, potato starch, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt to the wet ingredients and mix until fully incorporated with no lumps remaining. The texture should be thick, like cornbread batter.
- Pour the batter into your prepared baking dish, spread into an even layer, and bake on the center rack for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. The center of the cake should be firm but springy when touched and the edges slightly golden brown.
- Let your cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes before carefully turning it out onto a cooling rack.
- Once your cake is completely cool, you can top it with vegan strawberry frosting, vanilla frosting, or a chocolate ganache!
- Best enjoyed the first day but will last, covered, at room temperature up to 3 days. Freeze up to 1 month (then thaw at room temperature).
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Notes
- *If not gluten-free, you can sub 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour total to replace the almond flour, potato starch, and corn starch.*Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated without frosting.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1slice
Calories
266
(13%)
Carbohydrates
30.9g
(10%)
Protein
4.6g
(9%)
Fat
15.2g
(23%)
Saturated Fat
1.3g
(7%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3.2g
Monounsaturated Fat
9.9g
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
(0%)
Sodium
182mg
(8%)
Potassium
203mg
(6%)
Fiber
2.9g
(12%)
Sugar
13.5g
(27%)
Vitamin A
4.3IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
16.4mg
(18%)
Calcium
103.5mg
(10%)
Iron
0.9mg
(5%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12(Slices)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 266
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 266 | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 30.9g | 10% |
| Protein | 4.6g | 9% |
| Fat | 15.2g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 1.3g | 7% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3.2g | 19% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 9.9g | 50% |
| Trans Fat | 0g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 182mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 203mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2.9g | 12% |
| Sugar | 13.5g | 27% |
| Vitamin A | 4.3IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 16.4mg | 18% |
| Calcium | 103.5mg | 10% |
| Iron | 0.9mg | 5% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.