sliced vegan chocolate cake

Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake

Delicious and super easy to make ( kind of one-bowl ) Vegan Chocolate Cake with simple ingredients and fewer steps! We are making kind of sheet cake or snack cake type over celebration cake to enjoy whenever we crave for yummy cake. Now no need to wait for special occasions to enjoy some chocolate cake goodness..right??

sliced vegan chocolate cake

What you need to make Vegan Chocolate Cake..?

I am using a 8 by 8 square cake pan for this recipe but remember you can make round cake too with same ingredients quantity. Use 8 by 8 round pan for regular round shaped cake or double the quantity and make two layered cake.

For Cake Base,

For Chocolate Cake Frosting,

How to make Vegan Chocolate Cake..?

For Cake Base,

  • To a mixing bowl, add dry ingredients like flour, baking powder, salt, instant coffee powder, cacao powder and mix to combine. Keep aside.
  • To a glass jar or cup add soy milk and warm it in microwave for 30 seconds. Add apple cider vinegar to warm soy milk and leave it aside for 10 mins. This makes soy milk to curdle and act like buttermilk.
  • In meantime, prepare baking tray by spraying with cooking oil and lining parchment paper.
  • After 10 mins, when you see soy milk curdle, add sugar, vanilla extract, vegetable oil to milk and mix to combine.
  • Now add wet ingredients to dry and mix to combine. Transfer cake batter to parchment lined baking tray and tap lightly on countertop to get rid of any air bubbles.
  • Bake at 350F for 25-30 mins. Bake till toothpick inserted at center of cake comes out clean.
  • Let cake cool completely or overnight in refrigerator before adding frosting.

For Chocolate Cake Frosting,

  • Check out here for detailed Vegan Chocolate Frosting Recipe!

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slices vegan chocolate cake

Vegan Chocolate Cake

Easy and delicious Vegan Chocolate Cake recipe that can be considered as one-bowl recipe.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 5

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 cup White Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Cacao Powder
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tbsp Instant Coffee Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 3/4 cup Soy Milk
  • 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1/2 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil

for Vegan Chocolate Frosting

  • 1 1/4 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
  • 1 cup Coconut Cream
  • 1/4 cup Powdered Sugar

Instructions
 

for Cake Base

  • To a mixing bowl, add dry ingredients like flour, baking powder, salt, instant coffee powder, cacao powder and mix to combine. Keep aside.
  • To a glass jar or cup add soy milk and warm it in microwave for 30 seconds. Add apple cider vinegar to warm soy milk and leave it aside for 10 mins. This makes soy milk to curdle and act like buttermilk.
  • In meantime, prepare baking tray by spraying with cooking oil and lining parchment paper.
  • After 10 mins, when you see soy milk curdle, add sugar, vanilla extract, vegetable oil to milk and mix to combine.
  • Now add wet ingredients to dry and mix to combine. Transfer cake batter to parchment lined baking tray and tap lightly on countertop to get rid of any air bubbles.
  • Bake at 350F for 25-30 mins. Bake till toothpick inserted at center of cake comes out clean.
  • Let cake cool completely or overnight in refrigerator before adding frosting.

for Vegan Chocolate Frosting

  • Check notes for frosting recipe!

Notes

Storage: Can store in an air-tight container in refrigerator for up to a week.
Vegan Chocolate Frosting Recipe: https://www.theguccha.com/vegan-chocolate-cupcakes/
 
 
Keyword Cake, Chocolate, Vegan

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