VEGAN CHOCOLATE CAKE
Ingredients:
For the cake:
1 cup warm water (lukewarm, not boiling)
1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (extra for dusting pan)
1 1/2 cups (180 grams) all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar (160 grams)
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup coconut oil (or any other neutral-flavored oil, plus extra for greasing pan)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
50g vegan chocolate chips
Pour warm water in a bowl, add instant coffee powder and unsweetened cocoa powder. Whisk till smooth.
Place the all purpose flour in a bowl, add brown sugar and baking soda, mix well. Make a well in the centre and pour the cocoa water in it.
Pour in vanilla essence, apple cider vinegar and coconut oil, whisk to form a smooth batter. Add the chocolate chips and fold it into the batter.
Grease a cake tin with coconut oil and place a greaseproof paper in the base, grease the paper and dust with cocoa powder.
Pour the cake batter in the cake tin and bake in a pre heated oven at 180 C / 350 F for 30-35 minutes.
Cool the cake and de-mould on a wire rack.
For the glaze:
50ml water
1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
50 grams vegan dark chocolate
To garnish icing sugar
Whisk together the warm water, coffee powder, cocoa powder and dark chocolate chips till smooth, pour on the cake and dust with icing sugar.
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