Grammy's Kitchen · Vanilla Cake · Gluten-Free Birthday Cake (Vegan)
One of 51 vanilla cake recipes we measured
from minimalistbaker.com
It ranks #1 of 51 for richness among the vanilla cake recipes we compared. 118 cooks on minimalistbaker.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 51.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 88% |
| total sugar | 181% | 181% |
| egg | 0% | 54% |
| leavener | 7% | 3% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 329% | 86% |
| dairy | 267% | 84% |
| chocolate | 35% | 0% |
| acid | 3% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 48% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 244 g | 1 cup unsweetened plain almond milk (DIY recipe) |
| 8 g | 1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar |
| 4 Tbsp flaxseed meal ((to make flax eggs)) | |
| 148 g | 10 Tbsp water ((to make flax eggs)) |
| 14 g | 1 Tbsp baking soda |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup avocado oil |
| 215 g | 2/3 cup maple syrup or agave nectar |
| 133 g | 2/3 cup cane sugar ((I subbed half with coconut sugar)) |
| 366 g | 1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce |
| 4 g | 1 tsp pure vanilla extract |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp sea salt |
| 4 g | 1 tsp baking powder |
| 85 g | 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 120 g | 1 cup almond meal ((finely ground from raw almonds)) |
| 60 g | 1/2 cup gluten-free oat flour ((finely ground from raw oats)) |
| 180 g | 1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour blend* |
| 397 g | 2 14-ounce cans coconut cream ((or full-fat coconut milk* // chilled overnight in the refrigerator)) |
| 4 g | 1 tsp vanilla extract |
| 88 g | 6-8 Tbsp organic powdered sugar |
| 1 cup fresh berries ((strawberries, blueberries, blackberries)) |
Method: 15 steps, published by minimalistbaker.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This recipe is awesome! I made this today for my daughter's 18th birthday. I'm the only one in the family who needs gf, but my husband said you wouldn't even know it's vegan and gluten free--high praise from him. Like the other reviewers said, very moist an” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made this for my girlfriend’s birthday party and it was a huge success! She is the only one who is vegan and gluten free and everyone else loved the cake as well! The gluten free flower blend that I used was the 1 to 1 gluten free baking flour. For the frost” — a cook, 5.0★