How to Make Vegan Chocolate Cake

More and more people are eating vegetarian or vegan these days. Some are doing it for health reasons, others because of personal ethics. In either case, it doesn't have to mean giving up classic treats, like chocolate cake. This cake is quick to make, uses no animal products, and will get compliments from everyone!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Electric mixer (or wooden spoon and strong arms)
• 4 oz. non-dairy margarine (1 stick)
• 1 lb. powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1-3 tbsp soy or rice milk

Make the Cake

1. Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly oil baking pan, then dust lightly with flour or cocoa.

2. Add 3 cups flour, 2 cups sugar, 1/3 cup cocoa, 1 tsp. salt and 2 tsp. soda to mixing bowl. Stir thoroughly with whisk to combine and add air to dry ingredients. (That means no sifting!)

3. Add 2 cups of cold water, 1/2 cup of oil, 1 tbsp. vanilla and 1 tbsp. of vinegar to bowl. Stir gently and quickly with whisk, until almost completely combined. There may still be a few small lumps or streaks of flour, but it should be mostly mixed.

4. Pour batter into pan, scraping bowl with spatula to get as much batter as possible. Put cake in oven and bake for 35 to 45 minutes. Cake will spring back when touched gently in the center, and a toothpick should come out clean if inserted in the center.

5. Cool and serve. If you don't frost it, decorate by dusting it with powdered sugar, and if you put a doily on top first it will leave a nice pattern in the sugar. Serve cake from the pan.

Make Frosting

6. Allow margarine to come to room temperature, or microwave for 10 to 15 seconds, until soft but not melted. Add to mixing bowl. Beat until light and fluffy.

7. Add sugar, vanilla and 1 tbsp liquid to bowl, and beat until thoroughly combined. Add more liquid if necessary to make it spreadable. Continue beating until frosting is as fluffy as you like.

8. Frost cake and serve. You can decorate by dusting the frosting with cocoa powder in a sieve.

Tips & Warnings

• This will frost a 9-by-13 inch cake. Double the amount to frost and decorate two layers.
• Try different flavors in both the cake and frosting. Cherry tastes great!
• Add 3 tbsp. of cocoa for a yummy chocolate frosting.
• Be careful making this cake. It can be addictive!

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[jenng]

on 2/10/2009 Sounds great thanks 5* and recommended

[amylaine]

on 3/6/2008 Yum, I will have to try this when my sister comes home, thanks.