How to Make a Gluten Free Vanilla Cake

Last Updated: December 3, 2020 Tested

Are you allergic to gluten or are you on a gluten free diet and craving something sweet? Well you have come to the right place. This article is going to teach you how to bake a moist, tasty gluten free vanilla cake.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups brown rice flour
2/3 cup potato starch
1/3 cup tapioca starch
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
4 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter milk
1 cup butter melted and cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract

Makes 2 cakes
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Calories: 312

Steps

1
Prepare all ingredients and cooking supplies needed.
2
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
3
Grease 2 8" round cake pans with butter and line the bottom of each pan with a greased parchment circle.
4
Stir together all of the dry ingredients except for the sugar and set aside. This includes the brown rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, kosher salt, baking powder, and xanthan gum.
5
Beat the eggs and the sugar together until creamy.
6
Add half of the dry ingredients to the egg and sugar mixture and beat again.
7
Add the buttermilk, butter, vanilla, and almond extracts and beat to combine.
8
Add the remaining dry ingredients and beat until combined.
9
Divide the batter between the greased cake pans.
10
Bake in the center of the oven for 35-40 minutes until the cake is very lightly browned.
- Insert a toothpick in the center to check if it is fully baked. If it comes out clean, the cake has finished baking.
11
Remove and let cool at least 30 minutes, before inverting onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
12
Frost as desired and enjoy!