A delicious healthy Autumn treat. The addition of pumpkin puree to cakes makes them wonderfully moist as well as adding plenty of antioxidants and fibre. This is served with a low sugar caramel sauce for an indulgent treat.
Gluten Free, Vegan Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Overview
Makes 1 bundt Cake / Serves 12
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
What’s Good About It?
This gluten free, vegan cake is wonderfully moist and packed with flavour thanks to the addition of pumpkin puree and olive oil. The use of xylitol keeps the sugar content down.
The Caramel coconut sauce is much healthier and lower in sugar than traditional versions.
- Grease a bundt cake really well. Preheat the oven to 170C
- For the cake simply place all the ingredients in a food processor and blitz until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the cake tin and smooth the top.
- Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
- Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out and cool on a rack.
- For the sauce place the coconut milk, xylitol, peanut butter and vanilla in a small pan and simmer stirring all the tin for 10-15 minutes. Mix the arrowroot with a little water and add to the pan with the dairy free spread. Simmer for 5 minutes to thicken the sauce.
- Cool the sauce slightly. Pour over the cake to serve.
Did You Know?
This caramel sauce is delicious drizzled over ice cream or fruit. You can keep it in the fridge for 3-4 days and reheat or serve cold.
Cake
250g Gluten Free self raising flour
100g xylitol
2tsp baking powder
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1tsp cinnamon
1 can pumpkin puree
90g olive oil
80g coconut milk
110g vanilla soy yogurt
1tsp vanilla extract
Caramel Sauce
1 can full fat coconut milk
100g xylitol
1tbsp peanut butter
1tsp vanilla
2tsp arrowroot in water
1tbsp dairy free spread