How to Make Yummy Vegan chocolate cake

Vegan chocolate cake. Four years ago this month, John and I were just kids planning our wedding. We decided to give up sweets during our engagement to feel our best on our. A simple vegan chocolate cake, made with basic ingredients and perfect for any occasion.

While the cakes cool prepare the frosting. Add vegan butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and vanilla. This vegan chocolate cake recipe ticks all the right boxes. You can cook Vegan chocolate cake using 24 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Vegan chocolate cake

1. It's of Cake.
2. You need 240 ml of plant based milk.
3. You need 15 ml of white vinegar.
4. You need 240 g of all purpose flour.
5. It's 315 g of white sugar.
6. You need 100 g of cacao powder.
7. It's 2 tsp of baking powder.
8. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
9. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
10. It's 240 ml of unsweetened applesauce.
11. Prepare 120 ml of freshly brewed espresso.
12. It's 120 ml of coconut oil, melted.
13. You need 1/2 tbsp of vanilla extract.
14. You need of Frosting.
15. It's 112 g of unsalted plant-based butter, softened.
16. It's 25 g of cacao powder.
17. It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
18. Prepare 120 g of powdered sugar.
19. You need 60 ml of unsweetened plant-based milk.
20. You need 60 ml of dairy-free dark chocolate, melted.
21. You need of Decorations.
22. You need of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries.
23. You need leaves of mint.
24. You need of nuts.

All you do to make this simple vegan chocolate cake frosting is melt together coconut milk and vegan dark chocolate pieces. This may be the healthiest cake I've made, but you'd never know it by eating it. It's perfectly moist with a rich dark chocolate flavor that's made even richer with a thick. A simple vanilla cake batter with chocolate chips or chunks mixed in.

Vegan chocolate cake instructions

1. To a medium bowl, add the milk and vinegar, and give it a mix. You will see it starts to curdle, by doing this we are creating a vegan buttermilk..
2. Place a sieve over a large bowl, sift all the dry ingredients through it. Mix together. To the same large bowl, add the buttermilk and all wet ingredients. Mix until there are no lumps left, but make sure to not over mix..
3. Grease a (20 cm) round cake pan with oil and line the bottom with a cut-out round piece of parchment paper. Put in the cake batter and bake in the oven for 30 - 35 minutes at 180°C..
4. Meanwhile, make the frosting. To a large bowl, add the butter, sift in the cacao powder, and add the vanilla, and mix with an electric or hand mixer until smooth and creamy. Alternate between adding sifted powdered sugar and plant-based milk to the bowl, until well combined. Using a spatula, fold in the melted chocolate, make sure to let it cool off a little bit before adding..
5. Once your cake is done baking, let it cool off for 10 minutes in the cake pan before transferring to a cooling rack to let it cool off completely. If you like, you can level your cake with a serrated knife to create a flat surface for stacking the cakes on top of each other..
6. Using a spatula or butter knife, spread out a thick layer of frosting on one of the cakes. Place the second cake on top and frost with the leftover frosting, you can even create a pattern if you like. Decorate the chocolate cake with berries of your choice and some mint leaves, and enjoy!.
7. Notes Storage: best if enjoyed immediately. The cake can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days. Variations: top the cake with any fruits of your choice, or add some nuts for example..

Tips to Bake Soft, moist Vegan Cake/bread Loafs. When baking loafs or thicker cakes, you want a thicker batter. This vegan chocolate cake is fudgy, super moist, ultra chocolaty and is topped off with an easy whipped chocolate ganache frosting! Ok so I found this Vegan Chocolate Cake recipe and it was a HUGE hit with my family and friends. It was quite easy to make as well!