This recipe can be vegan if you use certified vegan sugar and will yield two 10 inch cakes or four 8 inch cakes.
What do I need....
4 cups white sugar
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups cocoa
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups unsweetened soy or almond milk (you can use regular milk here as well)
2 cups water
2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon Madagascar bourbon vanilla extract
How do I make this....
-Preheat oven to 350 F and spray pans with nonstick cooking spray.
-Using a stand mixer and whip attachment, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda in the mixer and turn on low speed. This will sift the ingredients.
-Add espresso powder to the water and set aside.
-Add vinegar to the milk and set aside.
-Add vanilla to the oil.
-While the mixer is running on low, add the oil mixture, milk mixture, and half of the water mixture.
-Mix until incorporated and no lumps are found.
-Add the last bit of water and blend until fully incorporated.
-Fill pans and bake for 30-45 minutes, checking the cakes at 30 minutes for doneness. When fully baked, a toothpick inserted into the cake should come out clean.
This cake sounds amazing! How tall of a cake does this yield if using 8in pans? Thank you!
Thank you JJR for the fab recipe!
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I have lost count of how many times I've made this cake. It's such a good recipe. I've used this with soy milk, almond milk, and dairy milk. My hunch is that as long as the milk curdles after adding vinegar, it's a go. There was only one time where the milk didn't curdle, and that messed with the overall cake, otherwise, I haven't had any issues. It's a favorite of my plant based friends, as well as my carnivorous friends. I like to put strawberry or raspberry jam between the cake layers. I melt dark chocolate with a little bit of oil and pour that over the whole cake as a ganache.
Has anyone used oat milk?
Can I use same quantity of buttermilk instead of almond/soy with vinegar if not needing this to be a vegan cake?? Thank you.