Pretty cake +recipe

I made a CAKE!!!
What I actually mean to say is I made a pretty cake.
I'm pretty proud of my cupcake decorating skills & I make a decent looking cookie if I do say so myself :)
But I've always been intimidated to try a pretty cake.
Not anymore :)

It's far from perfect. I get that.

But I'm definitely proud of it!

Next I'll be recruiting my friend, Nina to teach me some tricks of the trade :)

I made this cake for a wedding shower for some friends on Friday...

So I didn't get to take a picture of the pretty inside.

I'll probably just have to make another one soon. Hurray!

I used my tried & true vanilla cake recipe because that way I knew it would be delicious even if it turned out ugly and I had to eat it all myself ;)

This recipe about drove me crazy when it was in the development stages,

But I survived and this cake is GREAT!

I usually use it for cupcakes and it makes 14.

For this cake I split the batter and baked two 7 inchers.

Twas perfect!

Sugar Mama's Vanilla Cake

{so good no one will know it gluten free & vegan!}

ingredients:

3/4 cup sorghum flour (or organic brown rice flour)

3/4 cup tapioca flour

1/2 cup organic coconut flour

1 cup organic cane sugar (I really love this one. It's fair trade!)

1/2 tsp sea salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp xanthan gum

1/2 cup plain coconut milk (or soy, almond, whatever you're into)

1 cup warm water

3 TBSP grapeseed oil (or coconut, organic canola, again it's your call)

1 TBSP GOOD vanilla (no artificial ok? splurge. I'm serious.)

1 tsp lemon juice

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

instructions:

-preheat oven to 375 degrees

-measure milk into a liquid measuring cup & add lemon juice (set aside for now)

-whisk together all dry ingredients

-add all liquid ingredients to dry ingredients and mix with electric mixer until smooth

-fill cupcake wrappers or greased cake pans

-bake cupcakes for 15-2o minutes or cake for 30ish minutes

-when cake is ready it will be light brown on top and spring back when you press it lightly

enjoy!

(ps- I'm linking up all over the place)