Chocolate Coconut Cake Recipe

It’s your birthday, eat cake if you want to! Well, it was my birthday recently and for my birthday present my mother-in-law generously did the most epic experimental baking ever! She is always up to the challenge and I requested a chocolate gluten-free and vegan cake. Little did I know it would be the most delicious thing I have ever had!

What made it so good? It was made with really simple ingredients and the right mixture of gluten-free flours. The key was the egg replacer. As mentioned in a previous post on vegan baking, finding the right egg replacer is key for your product to “turn out.” She used the One Egg Recipe for this cake and really no one knew it was gluten-free or vegan. It was THAT GOOD.

 

Recipe:

Ingredients:

1/4 cup coconut oil

1 3/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

One Egg Recipe (egg substitute):

1 1/2 Tablespoon canola oil

1 1/2 Tablespoon water

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Whisk together until smooth and add to recipe. The type of Gluten Free Flour and the liquid you use affects the recipe. Add more liquid if the mix seems too thick. If too thin add a little more flour. Your Substitute Egg should be pourable.

2 cups Namaste Gluten-Free flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup cold water

1/2 cup coconut milk (mixed with 1 tsp vinegar)

Coconut Macaroon Filling Ingredients:

1/4 cup sugar

1 cup coconut flakes

1 Table spoon gluten-free flour

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Vanilla Glaze Ingredients:

2 cups sifted confectioner’s sugar

1 Tablespoon coconut oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 Tablespoons coconut milk, as needed

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour (gluten-free flour) a 10 inch Bundt pan.
In a large bowl, blend together the coconut oil, 1 3/4 cup sugar, One Egg Recipe, and vanilla until smooth. Combine 2 cups flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; stir into the liquid mixture alternatively with coconut milk and water. Pour batter into the prepared Bundt pan.
In a separate bowl with clean beaters, whip the coconut macaroon filling ingredients and gradually sprinkle in 1/4 cup sugar. Fold in the coconut flakes, 1 Tablespoon of flour, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla by hand using a spatula or wooden spoon. Drop this mixture by teaspoonfuls over the chocolate batter in the pan. Be careful not to let the filling touch the sides of the pan.
Bake for 55 o 65 minutes, or until knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes in the pan, then invert onto a wire rack to allow the cake to cool completely. Remove cake from pan, and drizzle with vanilla glaze.
To make vanilla glaze, mix together the confectioner’s sugar, coconut oil, and coconut milk in a small bowl, gradually adding coconut milk until the mixture is thick but pourable. Drizzle over cooled cake.

* Recipe: adapted from allrecipes.com (Chocolate Macaroon Tunnel Cake) and Victoria’s Kitchen

 

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