Vegan Gingerbread Cake with Vanilla Bean Coconut Glaze

Ingredients

• Cake:
• virgin coconut oil, for greasing the pan
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup all purpose white flour
• 1 1/2 Tbsp ground flax seeds
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 10 ounces silken tofu, at room temperature
• 1 cup plain almond milk, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup blackstrap molasses
• 1/2 cup dark maple syrup
• 1/2 cup vegan sugar (try coconut sugar or raw sugar)
• 1/2 cup virgin coconut oil, softened
• 1/2 cup vegan butter, softened
• 2 Tbsp fresh orange or tangerine juice
• 1 tsp real vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp grated orange or tangerine zest
• Glaze:
• 2 cups sifted organic powdered sugar
• 3 Tbsp virgin coconut oil, melted
• 2 Tbsp coconut milk1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped 

Instructions

1. For the cake: Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease your cake pan with a generous amount of coconut oil.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flours, flaxseeds, baking powder, spices and salt.
3. In a blender, combine the tofu, oil, almond milk, molasses, sugar, vegan butter, juice, vanilla and zest. Blend, increasing the speed from low to high until smooth.

To read the complete post, please click on Healthy Happy Life.

If you like the post and you don't want to miss the recipes from around the world, please subscribe.

 #VeganGingerbreadCakewithVanillaBeanCoconutGlaze #Vegan #Gingerbread #HealthyHappyLife #Food #Recipe #ChristmasRecipe