Vegan Chocolate Cake
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3.3
Vegan Chocolate Cake
Description
The cake batter is prepared by whisking together dry ingredients including flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt with wet ingredients: water, vegetable oil, white vinegar, and vanilla extract. The vinegar acts with baking soda to leaven the batter, producing a light crumb despite the vegan formulation. The batter is baked in an 8x8 pan until risen and cooked through.
After cooling, the cake is frosted with a spreadable coconut cream frosting made by vigorously beating confectioners sugar into thick coconut milk or coconut cream until smooth. This frosting adds creaminess and a mild coconut flavor. The cake is finished with a garnish of shredded sweetened coconut to complement the topping.
This recipe is straightforward, yielding a moist, chocolatey cake without animal products. Letting the cake cool completely before frosting ensures the consistency remains firm, and the coconut frosting adds a unique dairy-free alternative that pairs well with chocolate.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour fluffed before scooping and leveling off
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- 5 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 Tbs white vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Coconut frosting
- 3 Tbsp coconut milk thick; skim top off can of full fat coconut milk or substitute coconut cream
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar maybe more
- coconut sweetened, shredded, for garnish
Instructions
- Set oven to 350F
- Whisk the cake ingredients together and spread into an 8x8 baking pan. Bake for about 30 minutes until the cake is risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out without wet batter clinging to it.
- Let the cake cool before frosting.
- To make the frosting, beat the sugar gradually into the coconut cream until it is of a spreadable consistency. You may want to add more of the cream, or more sugar as you go. You can add vanilla to the frosting, but I didn't.
- Spread the frosting on the cooled cake and immediately top with the shredded coconut.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 314 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 314kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 60g | 20% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.04g | 2% |
| Sodium | 292mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 56mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 47g | 94% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 6mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
3.3
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