{"id":9832,"date":"2016-10-13T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=9832"},"modified":"2016-10-11T20:02:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T00:02:52","slug":"chocolate-coconut-cake-gluten-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/13\/chocolate-coconut-cake-gluten-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Coconut Cake (Gluten-free)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/chocolate-Cake-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"chocolate-cake\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/chocolate-Cake-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/chocolate-Cake-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/chocolate-Cake-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Alicia H\u00fcckmann, VRG intern visiting from Germany<\/p>\n<p>For the batter:<br \/>\n<strong>1 cup sugar<br \/>\n1\u00bc cups Edward and Sons&#8217; banana flour<br \/>\n3 tsp baking powder<br \/>\n3 Tbsp cocoa<br \/>\n\u00bd tsp salt<br \/>\n1-1\/3 cups plant milk (plain, chocolate, or vanilla flavored)<br \/>\n1\/3 cup water<br \/>\n1 Tbsp vinegar<br \/>\n1 Tbsp vanilla extract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the cream:<br \/>\n<strong>13.5 oz can Edward and Sons&#8217; heavy coconut cream (refrigerated)<br \/>\n2-4 Tbsp cocoa powder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mix all dry ingredients for the batter (sugar, flour, baking powder, cocoa, and salt) in a bowl, then add plant milk, water, vinegar, and vanilla. Stir until smooth. <\/p>\n<p>Fill an 8-inch round baking dish with about 2\/3 of the batter and bake it for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees. Repeat with the remaining 1\/3 batter in a separate 8-inch round baking dish (baking time: 20-25 minutes).<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, take the coconut cream out of your refrigerator. Place the solid coconut cream in a bowl and discard the remaining liquid. Add 2-4 Tbsp cocoa powder (depending on whether you prefer more of a coconut or chocolate flavor). Whip the cream until it&#8217;s smooth and has an even brown color. Once the 2\/3 cake base has cooled down, spread the cream on top using a knife. Crumble the remaining 1\/3 and use the crumbs to cover the cream. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alicia H\u00fcckmann, VRG intern visiting from Germany For the batter: 1 cup sugar 1\u00bc cups Edward and Sons&#8217; banana flour 3 tsp baking powder 3 Tbsp cocoa \u00bd tsp salt 1-1\/3 cups plant milk (plain, chocolate, or vanilla flavored) 1\/3 cup water 1 Tbsp vinegar 1 Tbsp vanilla extract For the cream: 13.5 oz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9832"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9835,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9832\/revisions\/9835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}