Vegan strawberry cake - gluten-free & dairy-free summer party

Enjoy the cake at Midsummer, your birthday, or Saturday fika!

The recipe is dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, and plant-based.

Summer Cake for 6 people

Ingredients

For the cake:

• 4.7 dl gluten-free oat flour
• 1.2 dl brown rice flour
• 1.2 dl coconut flour
• 3 dl coconut sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 2.4 dl unsweetened applesauce
• 1.6 dl unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk
• 4 tbsp melted coconut oil
• 1 tbsp alcohol-free vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp ground flaxseeds

For the coconut cream:

• The thick cream from 3 CHILLED (8h) cans of coconut cream (not the liquid in the can)
• 3-4 tbsp maple syrup (add more to taste)
• 0.8 dl natural sprinkles, crushed nuts, or make a strawberry cake with the ingredients below

If you want to make a strawberry cake, add:

1 1/2 liters fresh strawberries
1 tbsp coconut sugar

Instructions:

1. NOTE! Chill your 3 cans of coconut milk for at least 8 hours
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
3. Line two 23 cm (diameter) cake pans with parchment paper
4. Whisk together oat flour, brown rice flour, coconut flour, coconut sugar, and baking powder in a large bowl.
5. In another bowl, mix applesauce, milk, coconut oil, and flaxseeds. Whisk until the batter is smooth.
6. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until you get a very thick but pourable batter. Then divide the batter in two and fill the cake pans.
7. Bake in the middle of the oven for 23-26 minutes until the cakes are golden brown. Test with a toothpick.
8. IF MAKING STRAWBERRY CAKE: Slice 1/2 liter of strawberries for garnish. Mash 1 liter of strawberries and mix in 1 tbsp coconut sugar. Let sit for 30 minutes.
9. Remove the cakes and let them sit for 5 minutes outside the oven, then remove the cake pans and let the cakes cool on a wire rack.
10. Proceed to the topping. Whip the cold coconut cream with maple syrup until fluffy using an electric mixer or similar.
11. To assemble the cake, place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread a layer of whipped coconut cream on top. If making a strawberry cake, spread the mashed strawberries here. Place the second cake layer on top and spread coconut cream over the entire top and sides. Put some coconut cream in a piping bag and make small neat peaks on the cake. Then sprinkle your sprinkles over the cake or add your fresh strawberries! If you prefer to make the cake in several layers with, for example, a coconut cream layer and a strawberry layer, be very careful when cutting the cakes as they can break. But with a little finesse, everything works!
12. Keep the cake chilled until ready to enjoy!