You're gonna love this one! It's a Decadent, Triple-Decker, Vanilla and Chocolate Vegan Oreo Cake! (Oreos happen to be vegan by default - not that they're good for you). It's one of the best cakes I've ever made (rivals the Mocha Latte Cake even!)
Cake Mix:
4 cup unbleached flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
3 cup water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/3 cup veggie margarine
2 cup raw sugar
2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
3/4 c cocoa powder (see instructions- adding it later)
a bag of Oreo Cookies (vegan by default)- (see instructions first)
1. Mix all the ingredients together (except the cocoa powder) in a large bowl with a fork or whisk until smooth.
2. Separate 1/3 of the cake mix into a different bowl (this will be the vanilla section of the cake. Add 7 crumbled Oreo cookies to it and set aside.
3. Add 3/4 c cocoa powder to the other large bowl with the 2/3 cake batter. Stir in until fully blended. Preheat the oven to 350 (middle rack available).
4. Grease 3 cake pans of equal size with straight edges (not tapered), with veggie margarine or vegetable oil. Pour the vanilla bowl into one, and the chocolate divided into two pans (doesn't have to be exactly the same amount).
5. Put them all in the oven for 30 minutes, or until a skewer comes out dry when you poke them.
Icing:
4 1/2 c icing sugar
4 T veggie margarine
3 T vegetable shortening
2 t vanilla extract
1/4 t sea salt
1 1/2 T almond milk (or whatever vegan milk you like)
Oreo Cookies (see instructions- add separately)
cocoa powder (also see instructions)
1. Mix all the ingredients (except for the cocoa powder and Oreos) together in a food processor until smooth. Scoop it out into a container with a lid, and let it chill for a bit in the fridge.
2. On a cooled cake spread the icing between the layers and the over the whole thing.
3. Place a paper towel over the iced cake, patting and smoothing it. Touch up wherever needed and pat again with a new paper towel. This will give a really nice finish. Use a patterned paper towel if you want it to leave a lacy design in the icing!
4. Crumble Oreos over the surface of the cake and then dip you hands in cocoa powder and pat around the edges of the cake. That's it! (sounds harder than it actually is).
This looks so good I could cry.
ReplyDeletewould it work to use almond milk (or other non-dairy milk) in place of the water in the cake batter. i have made other cake batters in which i put the cider vinegar into the almond milk and let the ingredients "curdle" before adding them to the rest of the batter giving it a slightly buttermilk-y flavor.
ReplyDeleteYes, of course you can use different types of Vegan milks such as almond milk, cashew milk, rice milk and soy milk etc. :)
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