Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Vegan Chocolate Cake

Not going to lie. This is pretty much the best chocolate cake - vegan or not! It is moist, chocolatey, and easy to make!

Ingredients:
1.5 cups unbleached flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil (I use coconut or avocado)
1 cup chilled brewed coffee (i.e. leftover from the morning)
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 TBS. apple cider vinegar

Directions:
Lightly grease and flour an 8x8 baking pan. Mix all the ingredients except the apple cider vinegar in a mixing bowl. Blend until mostly smooth. Add the cider vinegar and stir briefly. This will create a reaction with the baking soda (the reason you don't need eggs). Without wasting any time, pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 25-30 mins.
Let cool and frost if desired!

Sometimes, I like to make an easy (but non-vegan) frosting for this cake:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 TBS. butter
about 1/ TBS. of milk
dash of salt
1/2 tsp. of vanilla
2 oz. melted chocolate (either bittersweet or even just semisweet chocolate chips)
Mix all the ingredients (a kitchenaid mixer works well to create a frosting-like consistency)

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