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Gluten free lime and blueberry cake with coconut - double layer golden cake with white icing between layers and on top topped with fresh blueberries. Cake on a white cake stand.

Lime and blueberry cake with coconut

Gluten free lime and blueberry cake with coconut - delicious celebration cake that's much healthier than it looks. It's also easy to make.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Cake
Keyword: blueberry, lime
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 16
Calories: 397kcal

Ingredients

Cake

  • 100 g coconut oil
  • 100 g butter
  • 125 g raw sugar
  • 125 g coconut sugar
  • 4 free-range eggs
  • Grated zest of one lime
  • Juice of half a lime
  • 100 g almond meal
  • 30 g coconut flour
  • 20 g desiccated coconut
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder

Icing

  • 400 g raw sugar
  • 150 g butter
  • 1 teaspoon lime juice
  • 40 g coconut milk
  • 100 g blueberries
  • Extra lime zest and desiccated coconut to serve

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 160C fan-forced and grease and line two 20cm round cake tins.
  • Place the coconut oil, butter, raw sugar and coconut sugar in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth and creamy.
  • Scrape down the sides and mix again until combined.
  • Scrape the sides again and add the eggs, one-at-at time making sure one is incorporated before adding the next.
  • Add the lime juice, almond meal, coconut flour, coconut and baking powder and mix until combined.
  • Divide between the two cake tins and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Leave the cakes to cool in the tins for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • To make the icing, process the raw sugar in a high-powered blender until it is the consistency of icing sugar (alternatively use icing sugar).
  • Place the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until soft then add the icing sugar and mix, slowly at first, until incorporated then add the lime juice and coconut milk and increase the speed and beat until light and fluffy.
  • To serve, place one cake on the serving plate and pile with half the icing and some blueberries.
  • Place the second cake on top and top with the rest of the icing and blueberries and sprinkle with lime zest and coconut.

Nutrition

Calories: 397kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 190mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 453IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg
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