The Best Tropical Cake (Edit recipe)

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Visit the tropical islands with this coconut cake filled to the brim with coconut flavor! This one also happens to be dairy free and is a great base to add extracts or additional flavors too if you feel adventurous! 4g carb/2g fiber for 1/12th of the cake.

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PREP TIME

30 minutes

COOK TIME

45 minutes

INGREDIENTS

13

Serves: 16

Ingredients

1.5 cup Almond Flour
.75 cup Coconut, shredded
.75 cup Monk Fruit Sweetener
.5 tsp Baking Powder
.5 tsp Baking Soda
.5 tsp Allspice, Ground
.5 tsp Nutmeg, Ground
.5 tsp Ginger, Ground
.5 tsp Vanilla Extract
.25 tsp Sea Salt
4 Eggs, large (separate yolks and egg whites)
.25 cup Coconut Oil, melted
2 Tbsp Almond Milk, unsweetened

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Process

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Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results

Preheat the oven at 350F degrees
Line an 8×8″ square baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large bowl, add all of the dry ingredients and combine.
Stir in the melted coconut oil and the egg yolks with the almond milk until everything is mixed together evenly then set aside.
Whisk the egg whites using a mixer until the egg whites form soft white fluffy peaks.
Carefully fold the egg whites into the batter, rotating the bowl with each fold.
Pour the cake batter into prepared pan.
Bake the cake in the oven for 40-50 minutes. It should be golden brown and firm to the touch or toothpick tested clean.
Remove the cake from the oven.
Lift it gently out of the pan by two sides and place on a cooling rack.
Store in an air tight container and eat within a few days or freeze.
g carb/ 2 g fiber per 1/12 of cake.

Notes

Turn this into a naturally flavored tropical fruit cake when you use pineapple juice in place of the unsweetened almond milk.

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This is our estimate based on online research.
Calories:	108
Fat:	9 g
Carbohydrates:	7 g
Protein:	1 g
Cholesterol:	0 g
Sodium:	77 mg
Fiber:	1 g
Sugars:	5 g
Sugar Alcohol:	0 g
Calculated per serving.