Gluten Free Coconut Cake Frosting Food

GLUTEN-FREE COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk flour, sugar, coconut, walnuts, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum, and salt together in a bowl. Add coconut milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract; mix until batter is smooth. Spread batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

GLUTEN FREE COCONUT CAKE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat the shortening and extract till combined. Add in the powdered sugar and half the coconut milk and beat till smooth. Slowly add the remaining coconut milk as you need it, a little at a time, until you acieve a smooth and creamy consistency.

GLUTEN-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl combine flour, cacao, salt and baking soda.
• In a large bowl using an electric hand mixer, blend eggs, oil, agave nectar, vanilla and orange zest.
• Add dry ingredients into large bowl and continue to blend.
• Oil (2) 9 inch round cake pans and dust with coconut flour.
• Pour batter into pans and bake at 325 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
• Remove from oven, allow to cool completely then remove from pans.
• In a small saucepan over very low heat, melt chocodrops and grapeseed oil.
• Stir in agave, vanilla and salt.
• Place frosting in freezer for 15 minutes to cool.
• Remove from freezer and whip frosting with a hand blender until it is thick and fluffy.
• Frost over cake.

GLUTEN-FREE COCONUT CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9" spring-form cake pan.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs; add the oil and beat; add the brown sugar and beat until smooth.
• Beat in the yogurt, vanilla, cinnamon and spice.
• Add in the baking mix and beat until combined. (The batter should be a bit thicker than wheat flour batter.).
• Add in the coconut, carrots, raisins, and nuts; stir with a wooden spoon to combine.
• Spread the batter evenly in the cake pan; and place the pan in the center of a pre-heated oven.
• Bake until the cake is firm, and a wooden pick inserted into the center emerges clean, about 40-45 minutes (or longer if necessary).
• Cool on a wire rack and frost with cream cheese icing.
• For cream cheese icing, beat the cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
• Add the vanilla.
• Add the powdered sugar a cup at a time; squeeze a little lemon (or other citrus) juice into the frosting and beat until smooth.
• Add more sugar or juice as necessary.
• Frost cooled cake.