Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake
This vegan chocolate birthday cake is super delicious! No eggs or dairy, but completely moist, tender and flavorful!
Servings: 1 9 x 13 cake or 2 - 9 inch rounds
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup aqua faba - the liquid from a can of chickpeas
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 2 cups flour or gluten free baking mix
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 Tablespoon pero coffee substitute -optional just adds a deeper chocolate flavor
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Add aqua faba to an electric mixing bowl and with a whisk attachment or using a hand held electric mixer, or manually by hand with a whisk, whisk aqua faba for about 5 minutes, (if using an electric mixer, hand whisking will take longer) or until it fluffs up.
- Add sugar to aqua faba and continue mixing.
- Add vegetable oil and mix.
- Add flour, cocoa powder, Pero (optional), baking powder, salt and begin mixing as you add boiling water.
- Blend until batter is smooth, batter will be thin.
- Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish and pour batter in.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until the center is risen and feels cooked when gently pressed on with a finger or a tooth pick can be inserted and comes out clean.For 9 inch pans bake for 22-23 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
- Frost with vegan buttercream (recipe below) or favorite frosting.