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HEALTHIER STRAWBERRY CAKE

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 8 Pieces

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Unsalted butter or Coconut Oil
  • 1 Cup Coconut Palm Sugar
  • 3 Large Eggs Or Flaxseed eggs work well for a Vegan Cake
  • 2 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 3 Cups All-Purpose flour
  • 2 TBSP Tapioca Starch
  • 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 3/4 Cup Almond milk with 1 tsp lemon juice If you don't want your cake to be Vegan, you may use 3/4 Cup Buttermilk
  • 1/2 Cup Fresh Strawberries, crushed
  • 1/2 Cup Fresh Strawberries, diced
  • 1/2 Cup Fresh Strawberries, Sliced Optional
  • FROSTING
  • 16 OZ Coconut Cream
  • 1 TBSP Honey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat two 9 inch pans or one 13x9 cake pan with cooking spray.
  • In a medium bowl, mix melted butter and sugar until it's fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and 2 tsp lemon, mix well.
  • In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add small amounts of flour mixture alternately with almond milk to Coconut/sugar mixture, mixing well after each addition.
  • Rinse all your delicious strawberries; dice 1/2 cup, crush 1/2 cup and chop 1/2 cup.
  • Stir in crushed strawberries; pour batter into pan. Top with diced strawberries.
  • Bake at 350 until wooden toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, 30-35 minutes.
  • Using both the coconut cream and coconut water, empty into a medium size bowl, add honey & beat with mixer for 10-15 minutes or until the cream peaks.
  • Spread coconut cream over cooled cake. Spread chopped strawberries evenly over the cake.
  • Store cake in refrigerator, best eaten within days.

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