Gluten Free, Vegan Coconut Strawberry Loaf Cake

Directions

Step 1

Spray or grease and flour a loaf tin and preheat your oven.

Step 2

Sift gluten free flour, sugar, soda, baking powder, Xanthan Gum into a bowl. Then add vanilla, coconut essence, vinegar, and melted coconut oil. Mix together until combined.

Step 3

Pour in the dairy free milk and the coconut yoghurt and mix briefly until all ingredients are entirely moist. Add in the desiccated coconut and mix.

Step 4

Then fill the loaf pan to about 1/3 full, smooth out the batter and spread with 4 tablespoons of Strawberry Jam. Don’t let the jam go to the edges or it will leak out. Put the rest of the batter on top, starting with the edges to seal in the jam

Step 5

Now smooth out the top and bake for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. If after 30 minutes it’s the right colour, then you can always put some tin foil on top to stop it browning further while it bakes for the last few minutes.

Step 6

Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and finish cooling.

Step 7

I’ve decorated it with a strawberry flavoured icing sprinkled with pink sugar.For the glace Icing.200g icing sugar.1 tsp vanilla.1 tsp strawberry flavouring.3 tbsp Coconut milk.Sift the icing sugar and add in the flavouring. One tablespoon at a time add in the coconut milk and whisk or stir using a fork. Add in a few drops of pink food colouring as you go to get the depth of colour you’re after. It should be a runny icing that’s great for drizzling over cakes.