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Vegan Chocolate Cake

Vegan Chocolate Cake

Vegan chocolate cake that is moist, chocolaty and a perfect dessert to celebrate any special occasion. Topped with vegan chocolate whipped cream is perfect.
Author: Pavani
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 1 8" Cake

Ingredients

For the Chocolate Cake:

  • ½ cup Oil (I used Canola Oil)
  • cups all purpose flour
  • cup Unsweetened Cocoa powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup Almond Milk, warmed
  • 2 tsp Instant Espresso powder
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup Evaporated Cane Sugar
  • 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

For the Whipped Coconut Pudding Frosting:

  • ½ cup coconut cream
  • ½ box of Chocolate Pudding & Pie Mix (make sure the brand you buy is vegan)
  • ½ cup Almond Milk
  • ¼ cup Confectioners Sugar

Instructions

Make the Cake:

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a 8" cake pan and line the bottom of the pan with a parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking soda and sugar.
  • In a small bowl, combine espresso powder and warm almond milk. Stir in oil and vanilla and whisk till combined.
  • Add the wet ingredients to dry ingredients and whisk until well combined. Quickly stir in the vinegar.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30~35 minutes or until the cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  • Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Make the frosting:

  • In a medium mixing bowl, whip the coconut cream and confectioners sugar until soft peaks form.
  • In a small mixing bowl, combine the pudding mix and almond milk - whisk until well combined.
  • Add half the whipped cream into the pudding mix and gently fold in (making sure not to deflate the whipped cream). Fold in the remaining half until just combined. Keep the frosting chilled until ready to use.
  • Once the cake is completely cool, spread the chocolate frosting generously on top.

Notes

  • Refrigerate a can of full fat coconut milk overnight. Open and scoop out the now thickened coconut cream into a mixing bowl. The clear coconut water can be used in soups, smoothies etc.
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