Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake | Guten Free Recipe | Two Spoons (2024)

Nov 6, 2017(Last updated Sep 12, 2021)by Hannah Sunderani

Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake

Hi everyone! Say hello to this rich and decadent Vegan Chocolate Cake! I recently hit 20K followers on Instagram and wanted to make something extra special for the occasion. What’s more celebratory than a classic creamy chocolate cake!? Actually I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to create a chocolate cake for the blog. Typically I’ve been more swayed to the frozen cakes, but as the weather is coolinga classic and fudgey chocolate cake seemedmuch more suited.

I can’t take full ownership of this cake recipe though. It was adapted fromMinimalist Baker’s Simple Vegan Chocolate Cakerecipe. Although I love to tinker about in the kitchen trying new recipes with various flavours and seasonings, baked goods is a science, and one that requires a lot more ‘sticking to the script.’ Perhaps that’s why I find baking so intimidating?If something goes wrong there is no way to fix it. No adding a little more spice, or somecream to balance out the flavours. As a result you’ll find my kitchen is fully stocked with gadgets for cooking: like high performance blenders, food processors, spiralizers and mandolins. But, sparse withbaking gadgets. I only just gota hand blender for Christmas last year. And it’s used so infrequently that it’sstillin the box it arrived in! I didn’t even havetwo cake pans to make this two-tiered cake. Since I only have oneI had to cook the cakein two rounds. Baking the first half of the batter, then waitingfor the cake to cool to remove it from the tin, and then adding the second half of the batter bake! Hence why the cake tiers are not even. (Perhaps this Christmas I’ll ask for cake tins to accompany that hand blender of mine?). I blame my unfriendly and unapproachable high school science teacher for thisaversionto baking.Perhaps if he had been a little nicer I would be more open to kitchen blowups without judgement? But given this fear it’s all the more fitting that I adaptedMinimalist Baker’sSimple Vegan Chocolate Cakerecipe to create the cake interior.I love how her ingredients and steps are so, well…minimalist!It was a one-bowl-recipe making it so simple and easy. I think baking should be fun.Not daunting, and I’ll tell youevery moment of baking this cake was a joy. (Which would only have been heightened had I two baking tins instead of one, Santa are you listening?).

I’ve then decorated the cakewith a gorgeous chocolate mousse frosting, which much to my preference was made upon the fly; adding a little rum here, some vanilla there, and cocoa powder to make it rich, chocolateyand smooth. The frosting is light,creamyand fluffy, so any leftovers can be eaten on its own like a mousse. Enjoy licking the bowl clean. 😉

I’ve also usedEcomil’s coconut milkas my plantbased milk for the cake and chocolate mousse. I loveEcomilproducts, and their coconut milk is by far my milk of choice. They had contacted me about sending some free products to try, and a couple packs of their coconut milkwas my first request! Although their products are more pricey than othersthequality is top notch, and this milk worked so beautifully in my chocolate cake and mousse frosting to give a light and creamy texture.

Overall this cakewasultimate bliss. I can’t believe how chocolatey and perfectly sweet itturned out. I’ll be honest in telling you that hubby and I don’t have much of a sweet tooth when it comes to cake(I know that’s a crime to most). But being plant-based we often find that super sweet treats like cakes and pastriesleave us feeling really heavy and lethargic. But this chocolate cake didn’t feel too heavy at all! It was light, while still being rich and decadent.Even Mitch’s, “I’m not a big cake person” colleagues agreed. Given there’s only two of us and this cake could feed at least 10 I made him bring some into work. These anti-cake colleagues were totally converted with this perfectly balanced cake, and also astounded to the fact thatwas vegan baking was DEEELISH!

I’m sure this Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake will blow you non-sweet tooth orvegan skepticsaway too! It’s rich and decadent, all the while being light and smooth for the perfect balance. And I’ll tell you that nothing felt more sweet than slicing into this chocolatey cake to celebrate 20K in Insta. It really is a dream to be able to share my plant based recipes and I’m so incredibly grateful for all your love and support. My heart is feeling SO full. So here’s to you for all the love. Good things come to those who bake.

Now, who wants a slice?