Vegan chocolate cake

June 14, 2021


Make our simple vegan chocolate sponge cake for a special day utilizing dairy substitutes. It's completed with luscious 'buttercream' and seasonal fruits

  • Preparation and cooking time
    • Prep:35 minutes
    • Prepare dinner:20 minutes
  • Simple
  • Serves 10 – 12

  • Dairy-free
  • Egg-free
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian

Vitamin: per serving
Nutrient Unit
kcal 606
fats 30g
saturates 8g
carbs 75g
sugars 53g
fibre 4g
protein 6g
salt 1.2g

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Make this greatest ever vegan chocolate cake for a celebration or afternoon tea, then try simpler vegan bakes.

Substances

  • 150g dairy-free unfold, plus further for the tins
  • 300ml dairy-free milk, we used oat milk
  • 1 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 300g self-raising flour
  • 200g golden caster sugar
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

For the buttercream

  • 100g dairy-free darkish chocolate
  • 200g dairy-free unfold
  • 400g icing sugar
  • 5 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp dairy-free milk, akin to oat milk

To embellish

  • handful of contemporary, seasonal fruits akin to cherries, blackberries or figs

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Technique

  • STEP 1

    Warmth oven to 190C/170C fan/fuel 5. Grease the bottom and sides of two x 20cm sandwich tins with dairy-free unfold, then line the bases with baking parchment.

  • STEP 2

    Put the dairy-free milk in a jug and add the vinegar – it is going to break up however don’t fear. Put the entire different cake elements into a big bowl, pour over the milk combination and beat nicely till clean. Divide the combination between the ready tins and bake for 25-30 minutes or till a skewer inserted into the center of the desserts comes out cleanly. Go away to chill within the tins for 10mins then end up onto wire racks to chill utterly.

  • STEP 3

    To make the buttercream, put the chocolate right into a heatproof bowl and soften within the microwave, stirring each 30 seconds. Go away the melted chocolate to chill for five minutes. Beat the dairy-free unfold and icing sugar along with a picket spoon then sift within the cocoa powder with a pinch of salt. Pour within the melted chocolate and dairy-free milk and maintain mixing till clean.

  • STEP 4

    Sandwich the 2 cooled sponges along with half of the buttercream then pile the remaining on prime and down the edges. Embellish with the contemporary fruit.