Super Easy Vegan and Gluten Free Strawberry Sheet Cake

My vegan gluten free strawberry cake. Stunningly beautiful and ridiculously tasty? Get you a cake that can do both.

What's better than to create a strawberry cake from scratch! It’s moist, flavorful, and all homemade!

This moist vegan strawberry cake gets all of its flavour from fresh strawberries. There are no artificial colorings, flavors, or mixes and yet it’s packed full of delicious strawberry flavor. The cake is then smothered in a luscious vegan strawberry buttercream frosting and topped with more fresh strawberries and raspberries. It’s the perfect dessert for spring, summer or just everyday!

And the frosting…I could eat this by the spoonful. Rather than using strawberry jam, fresh strawberry puree is used to add flavor and color. To help create a perfect frosting that isn’t too dry or too thick.

The vegan strawberry cake recipe

To make this easy vegan strawberry cake, combine the apple puree, plant based milk, veg oil and apple cider vinegar into a bowl - [including the strawberries and water which you want to heat on a hob until it purees into a liquid] - it’s ok if it has the seeds in it as this will add texture to the cake. (Leave a tablespoon of the sauce aside to use for the buttercream)

Mix and set aside.

Then combine the Gluten free flour, Xanthan Gum, Baking Powder, Bicarbonate of soda and Caster sugar into a separate bowl and mix until combined.

Then pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until fully incorporated and make sure not to over mix it. Transfer the gluten free strawberry cake mix into your prepared cake tin and bake at 180° for 25-30mins or until springy to the touch.

Vegan strawberry frosting recipe

As the cake cools, make the vegan strawberry buttercream by beating together the vegan butter and icing sugar until pale and fluffy.

Once the cake has cooled, dollop the buttercream on top of the cake and randomly spoon the remaining strawberry sauce onto the vegan strawberry frosting.

Then with the end of your palette knife/spatula swirl the 2 together until it has covered the cake.

Slice up some strawberries and place them decoratively on top of the cake with a couple of raspberries. Voila! Slice and Enjoy!

How to decorate a strawberry cake

Tips for making fresh strawberry cake batter

This cake batter is very easy to make, but here are a few tips to ensure it turns out perfect:

1. Measure the flour properly. Using a measuring scale is best to ensure your measurements are precise. Adding too much flour can leave you with a dry cake.
2. Lightly blend the strawberries - Place the cleaned and cut strawberries in a food processor and pulse about 2 times. It should still be chunky as we want those bits of strawberry throughout the batter. If you don’t have a food processor, you can also heat the strawberries over the stove until it begins to release its juices and disintegrate slightly.

FAQs

Why did my cake turn out so dense?

It’s most probable that you incorrectly measured the wet ingredients. As too much liquid ingredients in this batter can make the cake turn out too dense or stodgy. 

It could however be an issue with the oven temperature. If the temperature is too low, the cake won’t bake fast enough and not rise properly. Leading to a dense sponge.

How long will the cake keep?

For this cake I’d recommend it to be eaten within the day it was baked. It tends to lose its fluffy light consistency in the coming days. And to be honest I think it’ll be hard for all of this cake not to be gobbled within the first day by your family and/or the kids!

If however, it's not finished you can store it in a cake container at room temperature for up to 3 days. If it’s sliced into, cover the slice openings with clingfilm/plastic wrap and store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

For more delicious fruity recipes, check out my:

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Super Simple No bake Lemon and Blueberry Cheesecake

White Chocolate Pomegranate Cheesecake That’s Vegan AND Gluten Free

Easy Healthy Yogurt Panna Cotta Recipe

By Far The BEST Vegan AND Gluten Free Apple Pie

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What do you think? Is this gluten free strawberry cake with real strawberries better than a vegan strawberry cake mix? Let me know in the comments below.

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