Brown Sugar Almond Cake (gluten-free & vegan recipe)

by Liane of VGNGF Blog – Vegan, GlutenFree (and Delicious!)

CeliacCorner’s Featured Food Blogger for November

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Ingredients

1/2 cup rice flour

1/2 cup ground almonds

1/2 cup cornstarch

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/3 cup sunflower oil (or other flavourless oil)

1 tbsp vinegar (any vinegar – cider, white, balsamic – will do just make sure its gluten-free)

1 cup soy milk

3/4 cup brown sugar

roasted almonds (for top)

For Topping (optional)

Chocolate Frosting Ingredients

(I borrowed recipe from here)

1 cup sugar
6 tablespoons corn starch
4 tablespoons cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and cocoa in a medium sauce pan. Whisk in the water. Heat over medium until it gets thick and starts to boil. Boil for 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in oil and vanilla. Cool and spread on cooled cake.

Instructions

Pre-heat your oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a springform pan with parchment paper or a nonstick line. Mix soy milk with the vinegar and let stand for 5 minutes. In one bowl combine the dry ingredients: rice flour, ground almonds, cornstarch, baking powder and baking soda. In a second bowl mix the oil, soymilk-mixture and brown sugar. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir to combine, but do not overmix. Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake for about 35 minutes (depending on your oven, and the size of the cake pan). It is done when the top is browned, and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.

Top with the chocolate frosting (or you can just melt some dark chocolate to glaze the cake). Decorate with roasted almonds. Enjoy!

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Vielen Dank!

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