Being vegan is not easy because finding the right cake for your birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and holidays is challenging because no matter how vegan the store-bought cakes may look, how would you confirm that these are egg-free or even gluten-free.
Baking is great art because it takes absolute joy to bake and decorate it. Vegan cakes are unusual because it takes a little extra effort to go the creative way and use dairy-free ingredients to make them taste delicious. However, though you may be intimated with this concept of working without eggs, making a vegan cake is perhaps the easiest and delightful cake effortlessly.
Let’s look at the first one-bowl recipe that is easy to make!
Vanilla Almond Vegan Cake
Ingredients
- One and a half cup-almond flour
- Half cup coconut sugar
- Three-fourth cup vegan butter or coconut oil
- Half cup unsweetened Applesauce (substitute for egg)
- Half cup vegan buttermilk
- 2 tsp. vanilla essence
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- Quarter cup chopped almonds
Instructions:
- Whisk together all the dry ingredients – almond flour and baking powder
- In a bowl, cream together the vegan butter, sugar, and essence.
- Mix the remaining wet ingredients, and give the creamy batter a good spin at a gentle speed.
- In a baking pan, insert baking paper, pour the batter into the pan, and bake the cake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius.
If you want to enjoy some buttercream frosting, all you need is just four ingredients. One piece of advice is to use soy free vegan butter because it gives a good whip, texture, and flavor. Then, in a medium-sized bowl, whip together the vegan buttercream, powdered sugar, dairy milk, and vanilla extract until you find the right texture and spread it across the baked cake.
The second recipe is gluten-free, and cake is used to make cupcakes as well as cakes.
Easy Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes (Gluten-free)
Apart from cakes, everyone likes to relish cupcakes because they give you perfect bites, especially kids. After all, too much cake can be overwhelming. Vanilla cakes are essential, and they can be relished with any flavor or décor. Look at this easy vanilla cupcake recipe and try it for any occasion.
Ingredients
- Two cups almond flour
- One cup brown sugar
- One cup vegan butter
- One cup unsweetened applesauce
- Two tsp. vanilla essence
- Two tbsp. almond or coconut milk
- Two tsp. baking powder
Instructions:
- Sieve the almond flour three-four times and then add the baking powder.
- Next, whisk together the dry ingredients and make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature.
- Whisk together butter, sugar, and unsweetened applesauce until the batter is smooth and creamy.
- pour together the remaining wet ingredients, and on a medium speed, whisk the batter together until ready to be baked.
- Scoop a portion of this batter, pour it into the cupcake molds, and bake it for 15 to 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
A piece of advice is to not over-bake it can cause the sponge to dry out. Instead, try the vegan buttercream frosting and make pretty rosettes to serve them fresh. To make the frosting, whisk vegan butter, almond milk, sugar, and vanilla essence until nice and smooth. You can even add flavors such as strawberry, chocolate, or even mint to get an extra taste to the cupcake.
The third recipe is an easy-no-bake vegan cake that you are sure to fall in love with madly.
