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Hawaij Spice Naked Cake with Orange Blossom Buttercream

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Servings

12 Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups 250g all purpose flour
  • ½ cup 56 g almond meal or more all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon Jamie Geller Hawaij for Coffee
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup vegan butter 227 g, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar 200 g
  • ½ cup brown sugar 105 g
  • 3 large eggs room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons orange blossom water
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest about 1 orange
  • ⅓ cup orange juice about 1 orange
  • ⅔ cup coconut milk
  • 1 ½ cups 375g vegan butter, room temperature
  • 5-6 cups 600-720g powdered sugar
  • 5-6 tablespoons full fat coconut milk
  • 1-2 teaspoons orange blossom water
  • Pinch salt

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly spray three 6-inch layer cake pans with pan spray.
  • Whisk the flour, almond flour, baking powder, hawaij for coffee, and salt together in a large bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, beat the butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, orange blossom water, and orange zest together until combined.
  • Stir in about half of the flour mixture.
  • Then stir in the orange juice, coconut milk, and the rest of the flour mixture and mix until fully combined. The batter will be thin.
  • Pour ⅓ of the batter into each cake pan (they will only be about half full).
  • Bake at 350°F for 20-30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool.
  • Place a cooling rack on top of each cake pan and invert. The pan should slide cleanly away.
  • Let the cakes cool completely to room temperature before trimming and decorating.
  • Don’t have round cake pans? Make a square layer cake using a ½ sheet pan.
  • Line sheet pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Pour batter into pan and bake at 325°F for 20 minutes. Turn down heat to 300°F and bake for another 8-10 minutes. Allow cake to cool completely before cutting into 4 even rectangles for stacking and icing.