Who here loves chocolate cake??
What a dumb question, right? Everyone loves chocolate cake. When we first decided to go Vegan, I was actually a little concerned on how I could continue baking all the things that I love to bake. Baking for me has always been a little bit of an escape from reality. We have done a lot of experimenting, and I have to say, I have actually baked so many vegan versions of my favorite recipes that I have ended up loving even more than the originals. It’s all about finding the perfect substitute, because baking truly is a science.
This vegan chocolate cake is:
- Super moist
- Not overly sweet
- Vegan
- Super chocolatey
- Rich
- Very very addictive! (You’ve been warned)
- And you won’t feel super guilty about eating it!
It took some tweeking, but I think I finally found the perfect combination of ingredients to make this the perfect chocolate cake. In my opinion, it is even better than cakes I made before I went vegan. The frosting is the perfect consistency and adds the perfect chocolatey richness to the cake. So, without further ado, I give you the very best Vegan Chocolate Cake!
Vegan Chocolate Cake
(see * for substitutions)
Note: I have added both Imperial and Metric measurements, but if you have a food scale and a measuring cup with mL, I highly recommend using that instead of cups/fluid ounces because it is way more accurate and easy to work with.
For the Cake you will need:
- 96 g flour — (¾ cup)
- 125 g cocoa powder (unsweetened) — (1 ¼ cups)
- 1 Tablespoon of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract*
- 150 g pure maple syrup — (⅓ cup + 2 Tablespoons)
- 355 mL soy milk** — (11.5 fluid ounces OR 1 ⅓ cup + 2 Tablespoons)
*vanilla sugar is also okay instead of vanilla extract
**any plant based milk is okay. I find that soy is the best for baking cakes and cookies because it really makes them super moist. However for this cake I have also used a soy/rice milk blend which turned out great!
For the Frosting you will need:
- 62 g cocoa powder (unsweetened) — (⅔ cup)
- 96 g powdered sugar — (¾ cup)
- 38 g vegan butter — (3 Tablespoons)
- 60 mL soy milk* — (¼ cup OR 2 fluid ounces)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
*any plant based milk works
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180° C / 350 ° F
- Put all cake ingredients into a bowl and mix until just combined
- Line cake pan with parchment paper and grease the sides with vegan butter OR no parchment paper and grease entire pan well with vegan butter
Note: This is a fairly small cake. The pan I use is 14cm wide and 7cm tall (5.5 inches wide by 3 inches tall). For a larger cake, double the recipe. - Pour batter into cake pan
- Put in oven and bake until a toothpick in center comes out mostly clean (about 25-35 minutes)
- While the cake is baking, you can make the frosting. Put all frosting ingredients in a bowl and whisk (or use a hand mixer) until well combined. Use less or more soy milk depending on desired consistency. Keep in refrigerator until ready to use.
- Remove from oven and let cool in pan for about 15 minutes
- Remove from cake pan and cool completely before frosting.
- When the cake is cooled, spread on frosting
- ENJOY!
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