Add to: Recipe Box | Grocery List | Meal PlannerRecipe submitted by jenufleck, 06/17/05
Awesome Chocolate CakeIngredients (use vegan versions): 3 cups all purpose flour
2 cups natural sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon sea salt
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 cups cool water
2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mix the dry ingredients together in large mixing bowl. With a spoon, make three indentations in dry mixture; 1 small, 1 medium, and 1 large.
3. Pour oil into large indentation, vinegar into medium, and vanilla into small.
4. Add the water and mix (do not over beat).
5. Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean. You will want to adjust the cook time depending upon the baking pan you are using.
This recipe will yield two 9 layers, 24 cupcakes, or one bundt cake. The bunt cake took about an hour to bake. Just be sure to keep an eye on your cake.
This is truly the most awesome cake I have made. I baked cupcakes for my classroom using this recipe, and they loved it! Also, I tried this recipe with whole wheat flour--not so great. I would recommend sticking to all purpose flour.
I have a recipe similar to this and I find a flour-blend seems to work well. Spelt, oat or whole wheat flours diluted with unbleached white is pretty good. Instant coffee powder also works well with/instead of the vanilla.
Archived comment by: jonil
might i suggest organic apple cider vinegar to replace the white vinegar, it works awesome and is bit better for you. i use all organic ingredients and make an awesome rich chocolate frosting with tofu to top it off.
Archived comment by: orangegurl
Yep, this is a delicious cake, worthy of praise. The kind of cake that makes non-vegans say, this is vegan? Yum.
Archived comment by: grantsmom
the recipe sounds amazing. im a beginner at baking cakes so i would like a favour from any1 who would like 2 help on clearing some doubts of mine.... y r the 3 different portions made n finally how is it 2 be placed?
Archived comment by: roma_kd
i made this cake for my boyfriends birthday last week, and...wow. i made two layers and used raspberry jam between the layers, then made chocolate buttercream frosting (
http://vegweb.com/recipes/sweets/4806.shtml) and placed fresh raspberries on top. awesome.
Archived comment by: withthisfire
this cake totally rocks! i made it for two friends of mine. One was a vegan(and has been for four years) and the other is a non-vegetarian. They both loved it and said it was one of the best chocolate cakes they have ever had! I have to agree. I used the Buttercream Frosting recipie and added 1/4 of a cup extra cocoa powder and powdered sugar. The cake was picture pefect after i sprinkled extra powdered sugar on top and added fresh fruit toppig. I used fresh peaches, but i tried it wit some spare blackberries i had in the fridge. EXCELLENT!
Archived comment by: v_e_g_g_i_e
This cake was awesome! I used soymilk instead of water and I like tripled the chocolate cuz you can just never have enough...lol. It turned out perfect! Two words...got(soy)milk?
Archived comment by: ticTac038
I have made this cake twice now, once as a cake and once as cupcakes, vegans and meat eaters alike LOVED it!!! It is great out of the fridge and freezes well too!
Archived comment by: beccap72
I tried this recipe for my boyfriends birthda and it turned out great. I followed the recipe exactly except for substituing the water with milk. We both just loved it.
Archived comment by: rS
I just made this for my daughters birthday, I made a double layer which I sandwiched together with a chocolate tofu cream (silken tofu, cocoa powder and icing sugar blended together) and then covered it with Sarahs chocolate frosting - AWESOME! My kids have said forget it being like a Mississippi Mud Cake, they call it the Mississippi Delta (*G*)! This was a HUGE hit with the diehard carnivores at the birthday too, none of them could believe its vegan
Now they don't think I'm such a freak LOL, they all wanted the recipe
Archived comment by: windwolf
Windwolf: Can you give the proportions for the cream? It sounds great.
Archived comment by: vegan1
This cake was amazing! i tried it with a sugar substitute and milk instead of water, but it turned out perfect!!
Archived comment by: manya0603
