Vegan Chocolate Orange Cake
This vegan chocolate orange cake is packed with zesty flavor. A moist fudgy chocolate orange cake is layered with homemade chocolate orange frosting. Yum!
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Servings: servings
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 1 ½ cups plain almond milk
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup fresh squeezed orange juice
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
For the frosting:
- 1 cup vegan butter
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 tablespoons almond milk as needed
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour two 9” baking pans and set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the almond milk and vinegar. Set aside until slightly curdled.
- In a separate large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, instant coffee, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the curdled almond milk, oil, orange juice and orange zest until well combined.
- Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Mix until just combined.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared dishes and smooth the top.
- Bake in the preheated ovens for 16-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes before inverting and cooling completely on a wire rack.
For the frosting:
- In a large bowl, beat the vegan butter with the orange zest until smooth.
- Add half the powdered sugar and the cocoa powder and mix, then add remaining powdered sugar and mix until no streaks of sugar remain.
- Add the vanilla and the almond milk as needed and mix until the desired consistency is reached.
- Spread the frosting evenly over the first layer
- Then add the second layer and frost the top and sides of the cake.
- Garnish with orange slices if desired.
Nutrition (Estimate per Serving)
Calories: 737kcalCarbohydrates: 137gProtein: 9gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gSodium: 590mgPotassium: 398mgFiber: 8gSugar: 92gVitamin A: 1114IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 126mgIron: 5mg
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