Charlotte Roberts' Vegan Plum Sponge Cake

If you are looking for an indulgent gluten free, plant based alternative try the vegan plum sponge by Charlotte Roberts from Charley’s Health blog

Vegan Plum Sponge Cake

By Charlotte Roberts, Charley’s Health blog

Ingredients:
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp caster sugar or coconut palm sugar
¾ cup vegan butter
1 cup oat milk
1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 ¾ cups gluten free self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 plums chopped into small chunks

Frosting:
3 Tbsp vegan stick butter
1 cup icing sugar
3 Tbsp cocoa powder
5 plums for topping

Method:

Pre-heat your oven to 180°C and lightly grease a loose bottom cake tin with vegan butter.
Combine the milk and cider vinegar together and set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream together the vegan butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
Whisk in the milk mixture then stir in the dry ingredients until smooth.
Fold through your diced plums and transfer your cake batter into the cake tin.
Pop this into the oven for 40-45 minutes, until a skewer can be removed clean from the cake.
Allow to cool a little, then remove the cake tin and leave to finish cooling on a wire rack.
For the frosting, beat the butter to a pale and fluffy consistency, then gradually add in the sugar and cocoa.
Once smooth, spread over the cake and layer on your sliced plums.

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