Coffee And Cinnamon Cake (Vegan, Allergy Friendly, DF/SF/EF)

Hello everybody! Today I will show you how to make a coffee cake. I made one for my Grandad's birthday recently, and it was so fun and yummy! It was really interesting using coconut oil in a cake mixture, and it made it for a better texture than some other cakes we have tried. I think I will be trying it in some other recipes soon. 

Here  are the ingredients:-

• 350g of self raising flour. (This will work with a self-raising gluten free flour, as long as you add a teaspoon of xanthum gum to the recipe).
• 1 and a half teaspoons of cinnamon, and an extra half a teaspoon for step 4.
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda.
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder. (Gluten free if needed).
• Half a teaspoon of salt.
• 235g of sugar (We used 2/3 white, and 1/3 brown, to give a nice colour to the cake) 
• 150g of coconut oil (you could use a vegan margarine if coconut is not suitable for your needs) - mashed slightly so that it is soft but not a liquid.
• 240ml alternative milk - we used oat milk, but most others would work fine.
• 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
• 1 tsp of white wine vinegar. 
• 75 ml of very strong coffee.
• 80ml Coconut yoghurt, plain flavour - I am sure another dairy free yoghurt would also work fine.

For the topping use these ingredients:

• 70g of icing sugar approx
• 1 tsp water
• Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract

1. First of all, put all of your dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well.
2. Then, in a separate bowl, mash the coconut oil being careful not to melt it.
3. Put 3 quarters of the mashed coconut oil with the dry ingredients, and leave for the moment.
4. Put half a teaspoon of cinnamon with the remaining coconut and mix. Set this to one side.
5. In another bowl mix your alternative milk, coconut yoghurt, vanilla extract, white wine vinegar and strong coffee.
6.  Fold your wet mixture into your dry mixture.
7. Pour the whole cake mixture into a greased cake tin. Ours was a 20cm diameter cake tin.
8. Take the remaining coconut oil/cinnamon mixture and lightly flick small amounts over the top of  the cake. They coconut oil should sit lightly on top of the cake, hopefully not sinking to the bottom.
9. Cook it in a preheated fan oven at 160 degrees for about 50 to 60 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean.
10. Once the cake is cooked, let it cool completely before removing it from the tin.
11. Finally, combine your icing ingredients and drizzle over in your favourite pattern.

I hope that you enjoy it! 

Love from Princess E  x