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Cannellini Vanilla Sponge Cake with Chocolate Avo Frosting
by Melissa & Jasmine Hemsley from Good + Simple
Serves 25-30
The Hemsley sisters’ Cannellini Vanilla Sponge Cake with Chocolate Avo Frosting is rightly famous. Packed with nutritious ingredients, it’s a perfect gluten-free celebration cake.
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Ingredients
| 125g | butter or coconut oil, melted, plus extra for greasing |
|---|---|
| 3 x 400g | tins of cannellini beans, drained and rinsed |
| 9 | medium eggs |
| 1 tablespoon | vanilla extract |
| 220ml | maple syrup |
| 5 teaspoons | apple cider vinegar or lemon juice |
| 90g | coconut flour |
| 2½ teaspoons | bicarbonate of soda |
| ¼ teaspoon | sea salt |
| 150g | punnet of fresh raspberries, to decorate |
| For the Chocolate Avo Frosting: | |
| 4 | medium ripe avocados |
| 5 tablespoons (about 75g) | coconut oil, melted |
| 8 tablespoons | raw honey (to taste) |
| 10 tablespoons | cocoa powder |
| 1 tablespoon | vanilla extract |
| 2 tablespoons | lemon juice |
| ½ teaspoon | orange extract (not essence) |
| A pinch | of sea salt |
Essential kit
You will need two 25cm-diameter cake tins and a food processor.
Method
Preheat the oven to fan 180°C/gasmark 6, then line the bases of two 25cm-diameter cake tins with baking parchment and grease the sides with butter or coconut oil.
Blend all the ingredients for the frosting together in a food processor until smooth, adding a dash of cold water if needed. Taste, adjusting the flavourings to taste, then transfer to a bowl and set aside in the fridge.
For the cake, add the cannellini beans to the cleaned food processor bowl with the eggs, vanilla extract and maple syrup and blend until smooth. Add the remaining cake ingredients, except the raspberries, and blend to combine.
Divide the cake batter between the prepared cake tins, spreading out evenly and smoothing the surface. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes until well risen and lightly golden on top. (Check the cakes after 25 minutes and swap the tins between shelves, if necessary, as they will cook at different rates.)
Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely in the tins before turning out.
While the cakes are cooling, gently wash the raspberries and dry them carefully using kitchen paper or leave to air dry. (They must be thoroughly dry before adding to the cake.)
Spread half the frosting on one of the cooled sponges, top with the other sponge and spread over the rest of the frosting. Store in the fridge and bring to room temperature to serve. Decorate with the fresh raspberries just before serving.
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