Desserts
Vegan Chocolate Gingerbread Cake
This Vegan Chocolate Gingerbread Cake has an amazing flavor profile. Ginger, candied ginger, dark chocolate add a pleasing bitter combination…
- Ready 55 minutes
- Serves 10 slices
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 45 minutes
Ginger and Chocolate in baked goods work very well together in the cold season. The craving for spice and chocolate gets satisfied with every bite! Warm gooey chocolate, loads of ginger and gingerbread spices.
This loaf has cocoa, fresh ginger and gingerbread spices in the wet and candied ginger and chopped up dark or regular chocolate in the dry. It bakes into a slightly dense pound cake like loaf that is best served warm. If storing for longer, warm before serving so that the chocolate can melt a bit and get gooey and delicious. Its almost like a gingerbread brownie! Serve as a snack or top with whipped coconut cream or a chocolate frosting for dessert.
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Recipe
Vegan Chocolate Gingerbread Cake
This Vegan Chocolate Gingerbread Cake has an amazing flavor profile. Ginger, candied ginger, dark chocolate add a pleasing bitter combination with gingerbread spices. Almost a gingerbread brownie Vegan Soyfree Nutfree Recipe Glutenfree option
- Serves 10 slices
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 45 minutes
- Total 55 minutes
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp non dairy milk (, boiling hot)
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 3 tbsp oil (or use more non dairy milk)
- 1 tsp vinegar (or lemon juice)
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup brown sugar (or cane sugar + 1 tbsp molasses (1/3 cup if using semi sweet chocolate))
- 2 tsp minced fresh ginger (optional)
Dry:
- 1.25 to 1.5 cups flour ((I use a mix of all purpose and whole wheat))
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp gingerbread spice (,less or more to preference (or 3/4 tsp ground ginger, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, dashed of ground cloves, nutmeg))
- 1/4 cup chopped vegan chocolate (, dark or semi sweet or a mix)
- 1/3 cup chopped candied ginger
- 2 tbsp mini chocolate chips for topping (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Grease or line a loaf pan with parchment. Preheat the oven to 350 deg F (180 C).
- 2
In a bowl, mix the hot non dairy milk and cocoa until combined. Add the rest of the wet ingredients and mix well.
- 3
Add 1 cup flour, spices, salt, baking powder and baking soda to the wet. Mix the dry ingredients lightly before combining into the wet. (Or alternatively, mix in another bowl and then add to the wet)
- 4
Add the chocolate, candied ginger and 1/4 cup flour and mix in to make a muffin like batter. Add more flour if too flowy. This batter is good to bake into muffins, mini loafs or cake pan. If baking a large loaf, add a few tbsp more flour until the batter is stiff, and then drop into prepared loaf pan. Use a clean spoon or spatula to even it out.
- 5
Sprinkle mini chocolate chips on top if desired. Bake for 45 mins. Check with a toothpick from the middle. (muffin 22 min, shallow cake pan 35 mins)
- 6
Cool for 10 mins then remove from pan. Cool to room temp before slicing. Serve warm (warm to melt the chocolate if already cooled) as a snack or top with whipped coconut cream or a chocolate frosting for dessert.
Notes
To make this gluten-free: Mix 1/4 cup rice flour, 1/4 oat flour(or other glutenfree flour), 1 cup almond flour, 1/4 cup potato starch. Use 1 1/2 cup of the flour and add more as needed, and bake into a shallow brownie pan or into cupcakes Nutrition is for 1 slice.
Nutrition
- Calories207 kcal
- Carbohydrates32 g
- Protein3 g
- Fat8 g
- Saturated Fat2 g
- Sodium41 mg
- Potassium156 mg
- Fiber2 g
- Sugar16 g
- Vitamin A45 IU
- Vitamin C0.8 mg
- Calcium79 mg
- Iron2 mg
