Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake

Ingredients

• Cake

  • 1 cup (150 g) gluten-free all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (65 g) ground almonds
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 4 eggs, separated
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup (125 ml) canola oil
  • ½ cup (125 ml) milk
  • 2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla extract
  • 1 cup (210 g) sugar

• Buttercream

  • 4 egg whites
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cups (265 g) sugar
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) water
  • 1 ½ cups (340 g) unsalted butter, cut into cubes and left at room temperature for 20 minutes