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Naturally Colored Rainbow Layer Cake
Ingredients:
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1-1/2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour
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1 cup Nutiva Coconut Sugar
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1 cup almond milk
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1/4 cup water
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1/3 cup coconut oil
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1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
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1 Tbsp. lemon juice
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1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
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2 tsp. baking soda
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1/2 tsp. Redmond Real Salt
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3 Tbsp. MRM Superfoods Raw Organic Red Beet Powder (purple layer)
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1 pkg. Color Kitchen Bright Blue Real Food Coloring (blue layer)
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2.5 Tbsp. pHresh Greens Alkalizing Superfood (green layer)
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1 pkg. Color Kitchen Yellow Real Food Coloring (yellow layer)
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2 Tbsp. Sunny Green Organic Carrot Powder (orange layer)
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1/2 tsp. paprika (orange layer)
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1 pkg. Color Kitchen Beet Red Real Food Coloring (red layer)
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2 pkgs. Pamela’s Frosting Gluten-Free Vanilla Frosting Mix
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease six 8”x8” baking dishes with coconut oil.
- In large bowl, combine almond milk and apple cider vinegar. Set aside.
- In medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In almond milk-vinegar mixture, whisk in water, coconut oil, lemon juice and vanilla, using a fork. Add flour mixture and whisk until smooth.
- Divide batter evenly among six bowls and add the appropriate coloring ingredient(s) to make each bowl a different color of the rainbow. Pour one color into each baking dish.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until cooked through. While baking, prepare frosting according to package directions.
- Once cakes are cool, layer them on a plate, spreading frosting between each layer as you stack them. Once all layers are in place, frost over and around the entire cake.
Tip: For nut allergies, you can substitute tigernut products for the almond products.
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