Lemon Coconut Pound Cake (vegan)

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup tofu (use mori-nu silken tofu firm style-i blended it before mixing it with the wet ingredients)
• 3/4 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup canola oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract (or 1/4 tsp. lemon essential oil)
• 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
• 2 cups flour (i used spelt)
• 3 tablespoons arrowroot
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325'f.
• 2 oil and flour a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
• 3 take a cup of the silken tofu and blend it until smooth.
• 4 in a medium bowl, using a hand mixer, blend the smooth tofu, coconut milk, sugar, oil, vanilla and lemon extract (and the coconut if using) until completely smooth.
• 5 in a separate bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients. fold the wet into the dry using a spoon (i used a spatula) and mix until just combined. then using a hand mixer on low mix for 15-20 seconds, just to remove the lumps -- do not over mix!
• 6 pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
• 7 bake for 60-70 minutes until a skewer comes out clean in the center.
• 8 let cool in the pan about 10 minutes before removing. then cool completely on a wire rack before slicing -- it will fall apart if you don't.
• 9 bon appetit!