Gluten-Free Honey Cake with Lemon and Lavender
Total Time
40 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Rating
4.7 out of 5 stars
(10)
Ingredients
16 servings
- 3 cups gluten-free all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon psyllium husk powder
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon sea salt or pink salt
- ¼ cup ground flaxseed
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 ½ cups Naturacentric Lavender Infused Honey
- ½ cup neutral oil (like avocado or grapeseed)
- ½ cup applesauce
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- zest of one lemon
- 1 teaspoon lavender buds (optional)
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar (A.K.A. confectioner's sugar)
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 1 teaspoon neutral oil (avocado or grapeseed work well)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ sea salt or pink salt
- purple food coloring of choice
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease cake pan(s) and optionally sprinkle with flour, set aside.
Step 2
Combine dry ingredients.
Step 3
In a large mixing bowl combine flour, psyllium husk powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
Step 4
Make flax eggs by combining ground flaxseed and warm water in a bowl, mix well.
Step 5
Add wet ingredients.
Step 6
Pour flax eggs, honey, oil, applesauce and lemon juice into the dry ingredients. Whisk until you have a smooth cake batter.
Step 7
Fold in lavender and lemon.
Step 8
Fold in lavender buds (optional) and lemon zest.
Step 9
Pour batter in pans.
Step 10
Pour the batter into your prepared cake pan(s).
Step 11
Bake for 30 minutes if using mini cake pans/molds or making 2 regular layer cakes. Bake for 1 hour for a bundt-style cake. Cake(s) is done when golden and a toothpick inserted in the center pulls out clean.
Step 12
Make glaze.
Step 13
While the cake is baking, prepare the glaze by combining all ingredients in a bowl and whisking until smooth.
Step 14
Let cool.
Step 15
When the cake(s) is done, gently flip onto a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
Step 16
Glaze and serve.
Step 17
When the cake(s) is cool, drizzle with the glaze. Allow the glaze to harden for a few minutes before serving. Enjoy!
Step 18
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