Vegan Coconut Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

• 8 ounces silken tofu
• 1 pound plus 5 ounces sugar
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 12 ounces coconut flakes
• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 pound plus 4 ounces all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Icing:

• 1 pound soy margarine
• 1 pound powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/4 cup coconut milk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Put first 5 ingredients the bowl of a food processor and puree until thick and uniform in texture. Add last 3 ingredients and process until incorporated. Pour batter into 2 (9-inch) parchment lined cake pans that have been coated with non-stick cooking spray. Bake for about 1 hour.

For the icing, mix ingredients until incorporated. Spread on cooled cake.

Note: This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.