Coconut Italian Cream Cake, GF/CF
 
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A gluten-free, dairy-free version of my husband's favorite coconut Italian cream cake.
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Cuisine: dessert
Serves: 1 9-inch cake
Ingredients
  • Cake:
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup brown rice flour
  • ½ cup tapioca flour
  • ¼ cup GF oat flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp guar gum
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • ½ cup almond milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp coconut flavoring
  • 1 tsp butter flavoring
  • optional: ½ cup coconut shreds
  • Frosting:
  • 1 8oz tub of Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese
  • ½ cup Earth Balance Buttery Spread
  • ½ tsp butter flavoring
  • 2-1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 16 oz powdered sugar
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • optional: ½ cup coconut shreds
Instructions
  1. Cake:
  2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  3. Position rack in the center of the oven. Grease and flour three 9-inch, round cake pans, or put liners in cupcake tins.
  4. Beat sugar and eggs in large bowl at medium speed for about a minute.
  5. Add flour, salt, baking powder, guar gum, oil, applesauce, milk, vanilla, coconut & butter flavorings. Add coconut shreds, if desired. Beat again at medium speed, for about a minute.
  6. Pour batter into pans, or spoon into the cupcake liners, filling the about ¾ full.
  7. Bake in center of oven for about 25-30 minutes if making cake; for cupcakes, bake 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool on baking rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pans to cool further.
  8. For the frosting:
  9. Beat cream cheese, margarine, vanilla, and butter flavoring at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy. Add powdered sugar, beating at low speed til blended, then beat at high speed until smooth. Stir in nuts, and coconut shreds, if desired.
  10. Let cake cool completely before frosting.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 10 Calories: 629 Fat: 29 Carbohydrates: 88 Sugar: 70 Sodium: 281 Protein: 4
Recipe by cooking free at http://cookingfree.losibali.com/2013/06/13/coconut-italian-cream-cake-gluten-free-dairy-free/