Guys, I’m here and I have a killer recipe for you just in time for Mother’s day. I’ve been a bit radio silent in the blogging department since I’ve been knee deep in developing recipes for my allergy friendly cookbook. You can check out the details here. Trying to juggle cooking two cakes a week and photographing them has been a little hectic along with juggling home life with three kids etc. Since the school holidays in April I’ve had a little break from creating cakes for the book. My brain was feeling fried and my waistline was expanding so I am taking a step back for a couple of weeks to let my brain and my blood sugar go back to normal. Ha. Anyway I am here with a cake recipe that is SO good and so very simple. It’s my Cheats Vanilla & Ginger Nut Layer Cake with Coconut Lemon Frosting! Guess what…. most of it comes out of a packet and I am not one bit ashamed of it.

While I LOVE developing recipes from scratch I know that sometimes you want to do something fast and simple. If you are a mum on Mother’s day and you want something delicious, fresh, light and very moreish than this cake is for you. You can send your novice cooking husband this recipe and he should be able to make it…… if he can read instructions right. Ha.

So it all comes from a packet eh? Well yes indeed it does. Let me break this cake down for you. The base layer is a delicious crumbled mix of ginger nut biscuits mixed with coconut and coconut oil pressed into the base of a slice tin. Next a simple packet vanilla cake is mixed together and poured over the top of the ginger nut base and baked into the oven until cooked. Then the fun starts. You make a delicious coconut lemon frosting to smother the cooled cake in and then you go to town making it look SUPER dooper pretty with fresh fruit, crushed leftover ginger nuts, passion fruit and edible flowers. Truly special for that special mum in your life. It’s quite the show stopper I think and yes I bought a gluten free vanilla packet cake mix and store bought gluten free ginger nut cookies for this recipe. It’s called convenience and it’s called simple. Hope you enjoy it.

The products I used in this recipe is the Betty Crocker Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcake and these Gluten Free Ginger Nut Biscuits. If you have any questions about this recipe please leave a comment below. Thanks.