{"id":16399,"date":"2023-05-21T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T22:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/?p=16399"},"modified":"2023-05-21T22:53:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T22:53:43","slug":"simple-vegan-chocolate-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogakitchen.be\/en\/2023\/05\/21\/simple-vegan-chocolate-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple vegan chocolate cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Yoga Kitchen &#8211; Simple, healthy, and plant-based<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Undoubtedly the easiest vegan cake ever<\/h1>\n<p>To make the dark chocolate cake below, you use a dead simple recipe that you can literally get done in an hour. Truly a cake for beginners with no baking experience.<br \/>\nThe result is a deeply dark, juicy cake with the bitter flavour of dark chocolate. However, we do not use chocolate for it, but rather <strong>raw cocoa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What ingredients do you need?<\/h2>\n<p>It is unimaginably simple. Just 5 ingredients, at least, if you leave out the water.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 g sieved flour<\/li>\n<li>130 g (or ml) of neutral-tasting oil you can fry with (e.g.: sunflower oil)<\/li>\n<li>70 g sieved (raw) unsweetened cocoa<\/li>\n<li>100 to 180 g whole, unrefined sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon of baking powder<\/li>\n<li>500 ml boiling water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About the sugar:<\/strong> The original recipe specified 180 g of whole cane sugar. I reduced that, as I often do, to almost half (100 g), and used coconut blossom sugar. So adjust that according to your preferences.<br \/>\n<strong>As for the flour:<\/strong> I used a mixture of semi-whole and white wheat flour. That way, you get still some extra minerals and fibre in the cake.<\/p>\n<h2>This is how to prepare it:<\/h2>\n<p>It couldn&#8217;t be simpler:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat your oven to 180\u00b0C (or 170\u00b0C for an oven with hot air circulation).<\/li>\n<li>Grease a round baking tin of about 20 to 24 cm with some oil or line the bottom and edges with baking paper.<\/li>\n<li>Mix the 4 dry ingredients flour, cocoa, baking powder and sugar in a bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Then pour in the oil, stirring a little.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, pour in the hot water and mix to a homogeneous, fairly liquid batter.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the batter into the lined tin.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for about 30 minutes at the bottom of your oven.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool and remove from the springform pan.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with a topping of your choice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>An example for a vegan topping:<\/h2>\n<p>For a luscious vegan top layer with chocolate and coconut flavouring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mix about 100 ml of canned coconut milk (17-23% fat content) with two tablespoons of cocoa and two tablespoons of agave syrup or whole (cane or coconut) sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Spread this chocolate coconut cream on top of the cake.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with fruit such as berries or banana slices if desired.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, put the cake in the fridge for one and a half to two hours.<\/li>\n<li>Take it out of the fridge 30 minutes before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simple as that. This vegan cake certainly rivals its traditional counterpart in flavour and is remarkably moist thanks to the water. The texture is somewhat reminiscent of a flan, another archaeological find from my Flemish childhood.<br \/>\nEnjoy!<br \/>\nI found inspiration for this recipe at <strong>&#8220;The Happy Pear&#8221;<\/strong> from Ireland. Their website is full of delicious and healthy vegan recipes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yk-hoebetalen\">\n<h2>Do I need butter and eggs to bake cake?<\/h2>\n<p>The answer is no, of course.<br \/>\nTraditional cake such as the famous <strong>&#8220;quatre quarts&#8221;<\/strong> from French cuisine, always uses the following ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>White flour<\/li>\n<li>Butter<\/li>\n<li>Eggs<\/li>\n<li>Refined sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Okay, cake is not something you eat every day. It&#8217;s fun food. But the above list shows that the resulting classic cake is quite a chore for the body to digest as well as metabolise. The white flour, refined sugar and butter are high in calories but very, not to say totally &#8220;empty&#8221; of nutrients. The eggs provide a lot of cholesterol. We are so conditioned by the traditional pastries of our childhood. The above vegan recipe is very basic and consists of just 5 ingredients.<br \/>\nOpting for vegan pastries is good for your health, the environment and animals. 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