Best Vegan Chocolate Cake

20m
Serves 8
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Directions

  1. 1Make vegan buttermilk by combining plant-based milk with lemon juice or vinegar.
  2. 2Prepare flax eggs by mixing flaxseed meal with water.
  3. 3In a bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  4. 4Add the vegan buttermilk to the dry ingredients and mix.
  5. 5Add the oil and coffee to the batter.
  6. 6Add the flax eggs and mix with the hand mixer.
  7. 7Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans and bake.
  8. 8Make the chocolate frosting by heating non-dairy whipping cream until boiling.
  9. 9Pour the hot cream over chopped non-dairy chocolate and mix.
  10. 10Add powdered sugar to the chocolate frosting and mix well.
  11. 11Reserve about 1/3 cup of the chocolate frosting for mousse filling and let the rest cool.
  12. 12Make the mousse filling by adding the reserved frosting and some non-dairy whipping cream and mix.
  13. 13Refrigerate the mousse filling.
  14. 14Once the cakes are cool, place one cake layer on a plate and spread half the mousse filling over it.
  15. 15Top the mousse filling with the second cake layer.
  16. 16Frost the cake with the remaining chocolate frosting.
  17. 17Decorate the cake with cherries.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Vegan buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon Flaxseed meal
  • 3 tablespoons Water
  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Cocoa powder
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 cup Vegan buttermilk
  • 1 cup Oil
  • 1 cup Coffee
  • 1 Flax eggs
  • 1 cup Non-dairy whipping cream
  • 1 cup Non-dairy chocolate
  • 1 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 cup Cherries

Equipment

Mixing bowlsWhiskWooden spoonHand mixerCake pansSpatulaKnife