Gluten-Free Birthday Cake

Prep Time 15 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Difficulty: Intermediate

Description

This gluten‑free birthday cake is soft, fluffy, and perfectly sweet — the kind of classic celebration cake everyone loves. Made with regular sugar and simple ingredients, it bakes up with a tender crumb and rich vanilla flavor that feels just like the birthday cakes you remember, only completely gluten‑free.

Ingredients

1 3/4 cup gluten-free 1:1 flour (I've used both Cup 4 Cup and Pilsbury)
2 tablespoons corn starch
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 room temperature eggs
1/2 cup melted butter
2 tablespoons neutral oil (avocado or canola)
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup sour cream

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
2
Grease and line your pan (2, 8 inch pans or 1, 9x13pan)
3
In a small bowl, wisk together dry ingredients: flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, salt, sugar.
4
In a large bowl, add melted butter, oil, milk, vanilla and sour cream and blend until well combined.
5
Add room temperature eggs and combine until blended.
6
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk or stir until just combined. Do not overmix — gluten‑free batter thickens as it sits.
7
Divide batter evenly between pans (or pour into a 9×13). Smooth the tops.
8
Bake 23–30 minutes for 8‑ or 9‑inch rounds, or 27–38 minutes for a 9×13 pan. The cake is done when the center springs back and a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs

Note

Want more desserts? Check out these other gluten-free dessert recipes:

Gluten-Free Carrot Cake - Flourish Without Flour

Low Sugar Gluten-free Almond Flour Cookies - Flourish Without Flour

Check out more tips on gluten-free baking:
Best Gluten-Free Flour Blends and How to Use Them - Flourish Without Flour

Basic Gluten‑Free Baking Tips for Beginners on a Budget - Flourish Without Flour

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