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Vegan Chocolate Cake


  • Author: Food with Feeling
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 10 servings 1x

Description

This is THE BEST Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe that you will ever find! It’s rich and decadent and perfect for holiday baking.


Ingredients

Scale

For the cake:

  • 2 ½ cups of all purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 cups of organic cane sugar or granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup of cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1 teaspoons of baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of espresso powder
  • ⅔ cup of melted coconut oil (get unrefined if you want it to be virtually tasteless), vegetable or coanola oil also work
  • 1 ½ tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon of almond extract
  • 1 1/2  cups of milk, any kind works here (I tested it with almond milk and regular dairy milk), at room temperature*
  • ½ cup of apple sauce unsweetened, at room temperature*

For the frosting:

  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup vegan butter
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 4 tbs milk

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F and generously spray 2 cake pans with cooking spray. I used 8×8 pans but 9×9 will also work.
  2. In a small bowl or measuring cup, stir together the apple cider vinegar and milk. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer (or a large bowl with an electric mixer or even just a whisk), combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder. Mix.
  4. Add in the oil, milk/ apple cider vinegar mixture, vanilla, almond extract, and apple sauce. Mix until just combined (be careful not to over mix), scrapping down the sides as needed.
  5. Pour the batter evenly between your 2 cake pans and bake for 33-38 minutes. Mine were perfect around 35 minutes but you’ll know they’re done when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let the cakes cool completely before frosting. Optional: cut the dome off of the cake so that the top is flat.
  6. Make the frosting by combining all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Whisk (I used an electric mixer) until it becomes lighter in color and is fluffy and creamy, about 2-3 minutes.
  7. Layer the cake by placing one of the cake rounds on a cake stand and icing the top. Place the other cake round on top and ice the entire cake with a thin layer of the icing to create a crumb layer. Using the rest of the icing, spread it out evenly all around the cake.
  8. Slice and ENJOY!

Notes

*I’ve found that putting cold milk and apple sauce into the mixture makes it so that the cake sinks down in the middle just a little. It will still taste great though.

  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 35 minutes
  • Category: Cake
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Keywords: cake, vegan, baking, chocolate