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Gluten free dairy free sugar free smash cake for first birthday decorated with berries

Smash Cake: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Sugar-Free

This gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free smash cake recipe is the perfect recipe for a cake for your baby's first birthday.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Healthy
Servings: 12

Equipment

  • 1 Potato Masher
  • 3 8.5 inch round cake pans
  • 1 Mixer

Ingredients

  • 5 Large Bananas
  • 1 cup Mashed Blackberries
  • 4 Large Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Melted Coconut Oil
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cup Coconut Milk Extra 1/4 cup, if dough is too chunky
  • 3 cups Almond Flour
  • 3/4 cup Coconut Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 2 cans Full Fat Coconut Milk Chilled
  • Pint Blackberries
  • Pint Raspberries

Instructions

Smash Cake

  • Position oven rack in the middle and preheat oven to 350 °F
  • Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl with a whisk (almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt).
  • In another large bowl, unpeel all bananas and mash with a potato masher. Then mix in mashed blackberries.
  • Add eggs one at a time to banana mixture using a spatula
  • Add coconut oil, vanilla, and coconut milk. Mix well until combined
  • Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until combined
  • If the dough is too chunky, add the additional coconut milk. The dough will be more chunky than a typical cake batter, but should have movement.
  • Add dough to parchment lined cake trays
  • Bake cakes for 18-22 minutes
  • Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes before flipping onto a cooling rack
  • Allow the cakes to fully cool before icing

Icing

  • Remove coconut milk cans from fridge, do not shake!!!
  • Open carefully with can opener and with a large spoon scoop white coconut fat into a mixing bowl. Avoid all clear liquid in can.
  • Beat on medium for 2-3 minutes until whipped and fluffy
  • You can add a tablespoon of maple syrup if you wish to sweeten the icing

Decorating Cake

  • Once cakes are cooled, you can ice the cake with the whipped coconut cream and add the pints of raspberries and blackberries for decoration
  • Refrigerate until 30 minutes before serving

Notes

If you want to try adding jam to the inner layers, check out my recipe for chia seed jam.