Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Cake

This vegan gluten free chocolate cake is moist, chocolatey and delicious. There is no way you can tell this cake is both gluten free and vegan. It ranks right up there with the best chocolate cakes I’ve ever had.

If gluten isn’t an issue for you, you can probably use regular flour, but that’s not how we made it so we can’t attest to how it’ll turn out.

Using top-notch ingredients is important for any recipe, but none more-so than when baking. You can literally taste and see the difference so spend the extra money and buy high-quality, organic ingredients for your baking recipes. Especially if you’re going to feed them to non-vegans.

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Chocolate Cake

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Fool your friends with this moist and delicious vegan gluten free chocolate cake that no one will know is gluten free and vegan.

• CourseDessert
• CuisineAmerican, Gluten Free, Kid Friendly, Vegan

Servings	Prep Time
16 servings	30 minutes

Cook Time	Passive Time
45 minutes	15 minutes

Servings Prep Time 16 servings 30 minutes

Cook Time Passive Time 45 minutes 15 minutes

Chocolate Cake Votes: 1 Rating: 5 You: Rate this recipe! Print Recipe Fool your friends with this moist and delicious vegan gluten free chocolate cake that no one will know is gluten free and vegan. CourseDessert CuisineAmerican, Gluten Free, Kid Friendly, Vegan Servings Prep Time 16 servings 30 minutes Cook Time Passive Time 45 minutes 15 minutes Servings Prep Time 16 servings 30 minutes Cook Time Passive Time 45 minutes 15 minutes

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients

• 2 cups gluten free flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder organic, use the good stuff
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup almond milk or coconut milk, unsweetened
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 1 cup cane sugar organic, use the good stuff
• 1/3 cup brown sugar organic
• 9 tbsp canola oil or sunflower seed oil (9 tbsp = 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp)
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup chocolate chips mini, vegan

Chocolate Ganache Glaze Ingredients

• 1 cup chocolate chips semi-sweet, vegan
• 5 tbsp almond milk or coconut milk, unsweetened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

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Instructions

Cake Ingredient Prep

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, stir together almond (or coconut) milk, water and vinegar until curdled. Add sugar, brown sugar, oil and vanilla extract.
4. Slowly whisk in flour mixture until combined.
5. Stir in 1 cup of mini vegan chocolate chips.
6. Spray a bundt cake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
7. Pour cake batter into the bundt cake pan.

Let's Bake

1. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
2. Cook cake in pan for 15 minutes, then invert cake onto a cooling rack and cool completely.

Ganache Ingredient Prep

1. Add 1 cup semi-sweet vegan chocolate chips and 4 tbsp of almond or coconut milk to a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and microwave an additional 15 seconds. You can also heat it on the stove.
2. Whisk in the powder sugar and vanilla.
3. Add an additional 1 to 2 tbsp of almond milk if needed to get the right consistency.
4. Pour over cooled cake, letting it run down the sides of the cake.
5. Top with fresh strawberries or chocolate sprinkles if desired or enjoy it as-is.

   

Recipe Notes

Serving size is a slice that's 1/16 the size of the cake.

Inspired by SarahBakesGFree.com.