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Vegan Chocolate Cake

4/7/2012

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How does everyone like their chocolate cake? Moist? Chocolatey? Not too sweet? With a fudge layer? And almonds? I thought so.

Here's a recipe for basic chocolate cake. It's so super easy that I've memorized it and I think you may too. I often make it a double layer cake, but I've even gone so far as making a grand 3-layer one. I caution that. ;)  

All you need here is one big bowl to mix the dry ingredients, and a smaller bowl for the wet. Combine the wet into the dry, mix, and put in a 9" (ish) cake pan. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Ta-da! 




Vegan Chocolate Cake
(Makes one cake layer- double recipe for two layers, and divide in two cake pans)


Dry: 
1 1/2 cup unbleached flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup coco powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

Wet:
1 cup cold water
1/4 cup oil 
1 tbsp white/rice/apple cider vinegar 
1 tsp almond extract 

Fudge: 
For this I've always been pretty loose and gone without a recipe. However, next time I make it I'll be sure to write out some measurements. As a fudge layer in the middle I combine dark chocolate (no milk products in it), chopped almonds, some icing sugar, a little coconut oil, a few drops of almond extract and about 1/2C well-pureed chickpeas. Melt it all over a double boiler until it's a good consistency and taste, and then spread it between cooled cake layers- about 1cm thick. 

Icing: 
(Also without a recipe- sorry!) Over a double boiler melt together dark chocolate, icing sugar, 1tsp vanilla and 1tbsp coconut oil. Add more chocolate and icing sugar until you get a good consistency. It will harden once cooled in a fridge. You could also add any left over fudge layer to the icing and make a bit of a thicker icing. Your call!

PS. Vegan chocolate cake is ALWAYS a hit. 

3 Comments
The Vegan Chemist link
6/20/2012 11:41:12 am

I am still dreaming about this cake!!! I will have to make it again and let you know what changes I made (if I hadn't on IG already, it's been awhile and I don't remember). I do remember using coffee (decaf) instead of water and reducing the amount of oil. Shoot, I need to find where I wrote that recipe down ASAP.

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2/11/2013 03:56:51 pm

I had made many chocolate cakes but i liked the one with vanilla icing the most.The addition of almond to the cakes will surely give a good taste.

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2/15/2013 02:41:50 pm

I have fallen in love with this recipe!! So many vegan cake recipes have a ridiculous amount of oil or are really dry and awful. This is perfect.
Regards,

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