An easy to make gluten-free vanilla snack cake that is perfect any day of the week. I love a gluten-free cake that can be whisked up while dinner is cooking and then ready for dessert. Looking for more gluten-free cake recipes? Then try my recipes for gluten-free lime and poppyseed cake, sour cream chocolate cake, blood orange mini bundt cakes, carrot cake and old fashioned jam cake.

A vanilla snack cake that is incredibly moist and fluffy. I think easy cakes are the best! Top with a creamy vanilla icing and everyone will love it. This gluten-free cake could not be easier to make and a must try for all.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR CAKE:

• Gluten-Free Flour Blend
• White Sugar
• Gluten-Free Baking Powder
• Softened Butter
• Eggs
• Buttermilk
• Vanilla Extract
• Dried Vanilla Powder
• Oil
• Unsweetened Applesauce
• Gluten-free sprinkles

I think every gluten-free baker should have a basic vanilla snack cake recipe that they love and can make. This gluten-free vanilla snack cake recipe is it! Light and fluffy and moist vanilla cake. This snack cake uses pantry ingredients like gluten-free flour blend, sugar, eggs, gluten-free baking powder, buttermilk and unsweetened applesauce.

Use a double combo of gluten-free vanilla extract and dried vanilla bean powder in the cake for an extra boost of vanilla flavour. This gluten-free vanilla snack cake stays moist for days too. That is if- you have any left in your house once you serve it.

You can easily make this gluten-free snack cake in less than 15 minutes before your oven is even finished preheating. Bake for 35 minutes and you will have a delicious vanilla cake ready to eat for dessert once supper is finished.

HOW TO MAKE THE CAKE:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line a square baking pan with parchment paper.
3. In a medium size mixing bowl add the softened butter and sugar and beat well.
4. Add the eggs, oil, vanilla and applesauce and beat again.
5. In a small bowl add the dry ingredients and whisk.
6. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix on low speed.
7. Add the buttermilk and mix on low speed. Then increase to medium and beat until you have a smooth batter.
8. Pour batter into lined square pan.
9. Bake for 35-37 minutes.
10. Remove and cool before icing.

This fluffy and moist homemade gluten-free snack cake is the best! Top with a creamy vanilla icing and maybe also some gluten-free sprinkles. You will then have the perfect fun vanilla snack cake that you will be asked again and again to make.

A classic vanilla snack cake made gluten-free and delicious! In fact no one will know it is gluten-free if you don’t tell them. You will come back to this recipe again and again.

Sometimes the best birthday and celebration cake is a vanilla one with vanilla icing. Simple and delicious. A perfect gluten-free vanilla snack cake for birthdays, school parties, neighbourhood bbq’s and last minute get-togethers.

I think this gluten-free vanilla snack cake is perfect anytime! Any day you feel like a slice of cake this gluten-free recipe will become a favorite.

HERE ARE MORE CAKE RECIPES:

• Old Fashioned Jam Cake
• Blood Orange Mini Bundt Cakes
• Carrot Cake
• Lime and Poppyseed Cake
• Cream Cheese Swirl Bundt Cake

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Gluten-Free Vanilla Snack Cake

An easy to make gluten-free vanilla snack cake perfect any day of the week. Every gluten-free baker should have a basic vanilla snack cake recipe that they love. A light, fluffy and moist gluten-free vanilla cake.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Equipment

• 1 measuring cups and spoons
• 1 mixing bowls
• 1 square baking pan
• 1 parchment paper
• 1 hand mixer
• 1 whisk

Ingredients

  

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• 1 1/2 Cups gluten-free flour blend
• 1 Cup White sugar
• 1 1/2 Tsp Baking powder
• 1/2 Cup softened butter
• 3 Large eggs
• 3/4 Cup buttermilk
• 2 Tbsp oil
• 1/2 Cup Applesauce
• 1 Tsp Vanilla extract
• 1/2 Tsp Dried vanilla powder
• Optional gluten-free sprinkles

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a square baking pan with parchment paper.
• In a small bowl add gf flour, baking powder and dried vanilla powder and whisk together.
• In a medium bowl add the butter and sugar and beat well.
• Add the eggs and beat well again.
• Add the dry ingredients and the applesauce, oil and buttermilk and beat on low speed. Increase speed to medium and beat until you have a smooth batter.
• Pour batter into lined square pan.
• Bake for 35-38 minutes.
• Remove and cool.

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