Vegan lime, passionfruit and coconut cake recipe
Bursting with tropical flavours, this vegan cake is a tasty blend of lime, passionfruit and coconut. It is dairy and egg free, and can also be made with gluten free flour too!
Key information
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45-50 minutes
Serves: 12
Recipe difficulty rating: Medium
Allergens: Remember to provide a list of potential allergens for each item served at your Coffee Morning event so people can clearly see what ingredients they contain. You can use our cake labels, but make sure you write clearly in block capitals and black ink.
Ingredients
For the cake
120ml lime juice
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
190g apple sauce
60ml coconut oil in liquid form
180g plain flour (swap for gluten free if required)
30g desiccated coconut, unsweetened
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
100g granulated sugar
3 limes, zested
For the icing and decoration
65g icing sugar
2-3 tbsp lime juice
1-2 passionfruit to decorate
25g toasted desiccated coconut (optional)
How to prepare vegan lime, passionfruit and coconut cake
Prepare the cake
- Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6.
- Grease and line a cake tin with parchment paper.
- Add all the wet ingredients to a bowl or jug and mix well.
- Add all the dry ingredients to a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir until just combined. Do not over mix. Just mix until you cannot see any dry bits of flour. You will start to see bubbles forming as you mix and the quicker you get it in the oven the better the cake will be.
- Place in the centre of your oven and bake for 40 - 50 mins or until a toothpick or skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack.
Make the icing and decorate
- Put the icing sugar in a small bowl.
- Add lime juice 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring well between each addition. Stop when you have a thickish, but pourable icing. If you add too much lime juice just add a little more icing sugar.
Pour the icing over the top of the cooled cake. - Sprinkle over the toasted coconut then place cut passionfruit to add a pop of colour!