Epic Vegan Chocolate Cake
This epic cake is by no means healthy, but it is insanely delicious and indulgent – just as any good chocolate cake should be! This is food for the soul and definitely one to make for a special occasion, or when you feel like royally impressing your guests.
Takes 2 hours
Serves 8
Ingredients
For The Cake
- 400 ml coconut oil melted
- 300 g white flour spelt
- 300 g almond flour
- 500 ml maple syrup
- 250 ml rice milk
- 80 g coco powder
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp vanilla extract
Frosting
- 300 g dark chocolate/ dark chocolate chips
- 200 g solid coconut oil
- Grated chocolate
Filling
- 1 full fat can of coconut milk
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 tsp of maple syrup
- 1 tub of raspberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160 degrees
- Get a big mixing bowl, add the coconut oil and sieve in the flour
- Next pour in the maple syrup and rice milk
- Lastly, sieve in the coco powder followed by your baking powder, salt and vanilla extract
- Grab your whisk and mix the whole mixture together until it becomes smooth and combined
- Grab two 23cm/ 9inch cake tins and line the bottom with baking parchment
- Divide the cake mix by pouring it equally into the two cake tins
- Pop your cake tins into the oven and leave them there for about one hour
- When they’re cooked through (test with a knife), set aside and leave to cool (20-30mins)
- For the frosting, pour your coconut oil and chocolate into a glass or metal bowl over a boiling pot and allow to mix together as the ingredients melt
- Put the mixture back into the fridge and allow to cool and harden slightly (keep an eye on it, the texture is important for spreading on the cake)
- Remove the cakes from the tins and place one on your plate
- For the filling, remove the top creamy layer from the can (we don’t want any of the water)
- Add 1 tsp of vanilla extract & 1 tsp of maple syrup, and mix all the ingredients up to look like clotted cream
- Spread the filling on the base layer
- Cover the filling with most of the raspberries (leave some for decoration), and then gently place your second cake layer on top
- Remove your chilled frosting from the fridge and spread over the monstrosity that is this amazing cake.
- Add the final touches of grated chocolate and raspberries and voilà!!
