Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake

[Tweedle]

Made this again, using 1/2 cup applesauce and 1/4 cup oil... SO GOOD! so moist. yummm! This recipe is definitely a keeper...

[free_spirit_isobel]

OMG THIS IS THE BEST BEST BESTTTTTTTT VEGAN CAKE RECIPE I HAVE EVER USED!
thank you thank you thank you!
Its moist and the texture is even through out the whole cake.
Nice and chocolately but it's not too sweet! It's just FANTASTIC.
I can't wait til the whole family try it! hehe
I followed the whole recipe above but I added one more tablespoon cocoa and another teaspoon of vanilla. SO TASTY!

[LovelyGirlxoxo]

Lawl I love your thinking. And thanks I should of thought of doing that.
 

I'm wondering - has anyone tried this with Stevia instead of sugar?

2 cups of sugar is ~1500 calories! Stevia has no calories (and I use it in all my drinks now) and I've been thinking about trying it out w/ food. If no one has - I'll totally do it and let everyone know how it came out!

edit
Ok I did some math, these are the ingredients that have noteable calories:


Food Name       Cals    Fat  Carb   Prot
Flour           1365    4    286    39
Sugar           1548    0    400    0
Cocoa powder    74      4    18     6
Vegetable oil   1445    164  0      0
Total           8864    172  704    45


What I'm thinking - is 1548 (15%) of calories can be dropped using the Stevia. Also - I'm a big fan of using babyfood applesauce in exchange for Oil in cakes/etc. I've never had a cake come out dry doing that. So that's another 16% of calories, which is 31% of calories. (not to mention almost all the fat.....). Or maybe using just 1/3 cup of oil and the rest apple sauce to kind of meet in the middle.

I dunno, I'm bored at work hahah

p.s. Using coffee sounds like an incredibly intense and great idea.

[ShannonVirgo]

This cake is very yummy! I had to make it three times to get it right though! First, I did TBSP. of salt, instead of tsp. then I made it again and did TBSPS. of baking powder, instead of tsps. I had to throw away two batches, but the third time was a charm! I made a layered cake and put chocolate frosting and fresh strawberries in between and on top. I posted some pictures!
I was wondering, would it be more rich and creamy if I used soymilk, in place of the water?
What does everyone think? Thanks 


Shannon

[kathleph]

 
Made recipe 2x since finding our my almost 3yo has an egg allergy! Taking them to her party tomorrow and I know they will be a huge hit! This is better than any other cake I've ever made! Thank you!

[scootgirl]

i cut this in half and it came out well... fit in a single 9 inch pan. But i agree with those who said it tastes like too much flour. Could be cuz I used whole wheat flour. And didn't have any icing on it.