This Vanilla Snack Cake with Chocolate Frosting is super easy yet so delicious. I promise you’ll never know it’s gluten free!
Vanilla Snack Cake with Chocolate Frosting
What you’ll need:
- Milk (I use vanilla unsweetened almond milk)
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Butter (vegan or regular)
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract or Vanilla Bean Paste (I use Nielsen-Massey)
- Avocado Oil
- Gluten Free Baking Flour (Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 Gluten Free Flour is my favorite!)
- Baking Powder (I use Otto’s Naturals)
- Salt
- Powdered Sugar
- Cocoa Powder or Cacao Powder
Cake Essentials:
DIETARY NOTES
This recipe is made with real ingredients and fits seamlessly into the following dietary needs when using the ingredients listed in the recipe:
- gluten free
- dairy free (if using dairy alternatives)
- nut free (if using dairy ingredients and not alternatives)
- vegetarian
Products I recommend:
Please note that baking is pretty specific, especially when it comes to gluten free, so before making any substitutions, please ask first! I never want any ingredients to go to waste!
- Gluten Free Flour
- Baking Powder
- Almond Milk
- Butter (I use vegan butter for dairy free, but regular butter works amazing too)
A NOTE ON CALORIE COUNT, NUTRITIONAL INFO AND SERVING SIZES
Due to my past experiences, I do not include most of the above information within my recipes as it is unsafe for me to do so personally. While I try to share a rough estimate when it comes to the serving size, please note that it is very subjective as we all have different hunger levels both from person to person and even from meal to meal.
If any of the above information is important to you, I understand! We are all different and have various goals and needs. If you’d like, you are welcome to calculate the information needed based on the ingredients you use when making one of my recipes.
I hope you understand! This comes from a place of love and protection both for myself and others like me. If you ever have any questions, send me an Instagram message for the quickest response time! Thank you for being here!
Hungry for more?
More desserts to love:
- Vanilla Birthday Cake
- Ice Cream Cake
- Chocolate Sauce
- Apple Crumble Loaf Cake
- Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites
- Orange Almond Cake
- Drop Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake
- Vanilla Prosecco Berry Cake
- Almond Flour Lemon Cake
- Cosmic Brownies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream
- Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
- 4 Ingredient Mini Chocolate Tarts
- 4 Ingredient Chocolate Tart
- Chocolate Avocado Mousse
- Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake
- The Best Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Allow your butter and eggs to come to room temperature.
- Preheat your oven to 350℉ and line a square nonstick 8 inch cake pan with parchment paper.
- Combine the milk and apple cider vinegar and set aside.
- In a bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the room temperature butter and sugar. Mix until combined.
- Add in the eggs, vanilla, avocado oil and milk/apple cider vinegar mixture and mix until fully incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt, then mix it into the wet ingredients until smooth and combined.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. I sometimes underbake my layers just slightly to keep it extra moist.
- Once done, allow the cake to rest for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove it to completely cool.
- Once cool, frost your cake with the chocolate frosting and enjoy!
- Whip room temperature butter on medium speed until creamy and smooth.
- Add the salt and powdered sugar, one cup at a time, thoroughly mixing in the powdered sugar with each addition.
- Then, mix in the cocoa or cacao powder.
- Pour in the milk and the vanilla extract and mix on medium-high until fully mixed and thick.
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