Prep: 1 hourCook: 30 minutesTotal: 1 hour 30 minutes
A delicious Vegan Chocolate Layer Cake made without eggs, butter or milk.
Ingredients
Vegan chocolate cake
- 280 grams (2 cups) plain flour or all purpose flour
- 60 grams (3/4 cup) cocoa powder
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 200 grams (1 cup) caster sugar or granulated sugar
- 90 grams (1/2 cup) brown sugar
- 300 ml (1 and 1/2 cups) water
- 180 ml (3/4 cup) vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Vegan chocolate frosting
- 230 grams (1 cup or 2 sticks) vegan butter*, room temperature
- 315 grams (2 and 1/2 cups) icing sugar or powdered sugar, sifted
- 40 grams (1/2 cup) cocoa powder, sifted
- 2–3 tablespoons almond milk*
Instructions
- Chocolate cake
Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Grease two 8-inch round cake pans with oil spray and line with baking or parchment paper. - In a large mixing bowl, add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and sugars and stir briefly.
- In a separate mixing bowl, add water, oil and vanilla. Add water mixture to dry ingredients and stir to combine. Pour into prepared cake tins and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Leave cakes to cool in cake tin before carefully transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Chocolate frosting
Place butter in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. - Add sugar, cocoa and 2 tablespoons of milk and then beat on medium speed again for a further minute or two until frosting is smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides as needed.
- If the frosting is too thick, add an extra tablespoon of milk. Use a small spatula to frost sides, middle and top of cakes.
Notes
*Vegan butter: I used Naturli Organic Vegan Butter when testing this frosting recipe.
*Almond milk: You can use any milk substitute here.
Nutrition Information
Serving Size: 1 slice
Calories: 502
Sugar: 49.9 g
Sodium: 336.8 mg
Fat: 23.4 g
Carbohydrates: 73 g
Protein: 3.9 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Nutrition information is a guide only.
Category: CakeCuisine: Australian