Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line two 8 inch cake pans with parchment paper, greasing the sides with coconut oil.
Step 2In a large bowl, stir together all the ingredients up to the pecans (including the pecans) until well mixed. Add the baby food and pineapple into the bowl, but don’t mix. Let them sit on top of the dry ingredients.
Step 3Make 3 wells in the dry ingredients and put the coconut oil in one, the apple cider vinegar in the other and the vanilla in one. You don’t want them to mix together yet.
Step 4Pour the water over top of everything and use a fork to stir everything together until well mixed
Step 5Divide between the 2 cake pans, spreading out evenly. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 33-35 minutes. Let cool COMPLETELY in the pan.
Step 6To frost:
Place one of the cakes, bottom side up, on a cake pan. Gently spread 1 cup of the frosting ** (an offset spatula helps A LOT here) all over it, letting some hang off the sides. Gently place the other cake, bottom side-up on top and gently press to secure.
Step 7Spread a heaping 3/4 cup of frosting very thinly over the rest of the cake, to seal in the crumbs. It doesn’t have to look pretty yet! Refrigerate for 20-30 minutes, or until the frosting is hard.
Step 8Spread the rest of the frosting all over the cake and decorate with pecans.
Step 9*As with all gluten free baking, PLEASE weigh your flour to ensure accurate results
**If the frosting isn’t spreadable, microwave for 6-10 seconds.
***If you chill the cake before serving, let it come to room temperature before serving so that the frosting isn’t hard.
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