Hands down the hardest part of food allergies are holidays and birthdays! I have made some disgusting birthday cakes in my time trying to accommodate my children’s allergies and Celiac Disease. I am so happy to present you with this recipe for a great-tasting and good-textured Paleo Vanilla Birthday Cake! There is a chocolate option too!!
This cake is gluten-free, grain-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, and Paleo too!
ENJOY!
Paleo Vanilla Birthday Cake
Makes a 2-layer circular cake
Ingredients
2/3 cup softened butter, ghee, or palm shortening
1/2 cup arrowroot flour
3 cups almond flour
1 cup maple sugar
1 Tsp. salt
1 Tsp. baking soda
6 large eggs
1 TBS. gluten-free vanilla extract
1 Tsp. lemon juice
*chocolate option Add 2/3 cup cocoa powder and reduce the amount of almond flour to 2 1/4 cups.
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Grease and flour two 6-inch round cake pans.
- Add all the ingredients into a large bowl (set aside) EXCEPT the eggs.
- Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites until peaks form. Put egg yolks into the other bowl of ingredients.
- Mix the “other” bowl on medium speed until the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Gently and slowly fold in the whipped egg whites using a large rubber spatula, into the other bowl.
- Pour half of the batter into the round cake pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
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Janelle,
I love anything vanilla. I can hardly wait to try this recipe. It sounds delicious!
Thanks Bridget…I hope you will enjoy!
Birthday cakes are my hobby for the past 4 months and I really love baking them. Thanks for posting this.
I hope you will enjoy this Paleo recipe!
Can I use tapioca starch in place of arrow root?
Hi Bekhy, I would stick to arrowroot or corn starch if you can tolerate corn. Thanks for the question!
If I’m using coconut crystals instead of maple sugar, should I use a different amount? Would I need to alter anything else about the recipe?
Coconut sugar is great to use. The only thing it will affect is the color of the cake. If it is a chocolate cake it will be better and cannot tell the difference. If it is vanilla, the cake will be brown.
Can you use maple syrup instead of maple sugar?
Hi Cori,
The consistency of the cake would change so you need to use maple sugar for it to turn out. I get mine on amazon prime. Hope this helps!
Will this work for cupcakes?
Yes, it works great for cupcakes!
This looks soooo good!
It is…ENJOY!
Would cane sugar work for this recipe? Loved it with maple for a smash cake but hoping to make it a bit more economical for 4 dozen gluten free cupcakes
Hi Gillian, Absolutely you can substitute it with regular sugar!
Would love to make this 💕I only have a Bundt and 7 inch round springform pan. How can I make it work?
Hi Nicole,
You can divide the batter into two containers. ENJOY!
can you subsitute date sugar or coconut sugar for the maple syrup
Hi Charlene,
You absolutely can substitute date or coconut sugar but the color wont look like a vanilla cake. It will still taste amazing through!