Organic Gluten & Dairy Free Smash Cake
This organic gluten & dairy free smash cake is so sweet without all of the sugar and is perfect for a one year old's birthday!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1/4 cup water or non-dairy milk
- 2 tbsp whole flaxseed
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter cut into 1/2" slices, softened You could swap this out for ghee for less dairy, or coconut oil to be completely dairy free
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 tsp aluminum free baking powder
- dash of cinnamon
- Simple Mills organic vanilla icing
- plant-based food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease two 5 or 6 inch cake pans or three 4-inch pans and coat lightly with flour, tapping out any excess.
- Combine the eggs, water, vanilla, and applesauce in your blender pitcher.
- Sprinkle the flaxseeds on top and allow to sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Add the butter and blend until it is combined and the flaxseeds are fully ground.
- Add the oats and baking powder and blend until the oats are fully incorporated.
- Divide the batter evenly between prepared cake pans. You may need to use a spoon or spatula to encourage the batter to the pan's edges.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Pans and ovens vary so watch your cakes as they bake, about 18-25 minutes.
- Let cakes cool before icing.
- For the icing, add the food coloring to the icing and ice as you would like!
Notes
We consider this dairy free in our house because there is no cow's milk or cheese, and small amounts of butter doesn't cause issues for us. This recipe does call for a small amount of butter, but this can be subbed for ghee (ghee may be a good choice for people who are lactose-intolerant, as it contains extremely low levels of lactose and casein (a milk protein)) or coconut oil if you are strictly dairy free.