Monday, 15 October 2012

VEGAN CAKES

Vegan Apple Cake
Vegan Blueberry Cake
Vegan Krishkalach Cake
Vegan Flourless Chocolate Cake


Vegan Apple Cake

4 Spy or Macintosh apples
4 c. flour
1 ½ c. sugar
3 tbsp. baking powder
6 tbsp. apple butter
1 c. oil
1 c. soymilk (or other nondairy milk)
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1/4 c. cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a baking dish.

In a large mixing bowl, combine 3 c. of flour, ½ c. of sugar, and baking powder, and mix well.  Add the apple butter, oil, soymilk, and vanilla extract.  Stir from the bottom of the bowl, turning it round-and-round, until the batter is very smooth with air bubbles.

Peel the apples and grate them into small pieces.  In a medium-sized bowl, combine them with cinnamon and sugar to taste.

Pour 2/3 of the batter into the baking dish, and shake the dish from side-to-side to spread the batter evenly.  Pour the apple mixture on top of the batter and smooth it out your hands.  Pour the remaining batter on top of the apple mixture.  Wet your hands and smooth out the top of the cake.

Add 1 c. of sugar, 1 c. of flour, and a pinch of cinnamon to the now empty batter bowl. Mix them with the leftover batter on the sides of the bowl.  Squeeze the mixture into krishkalach (crumbs.)  If the mixture is too dry to form clumps, add a little bit of oil. 

Sprinkle the krishkalach on top of the cake.  Bake it for 45 minutes to an hour, or until it is brown on top.  Cool and enjoy!


Vegan Blueberry cake

2 c. blueberries
4 c. flour
1 ½ c. sugar
3 tbsp. baking powder
6 tbsp. apple butter
1 c. oil
1 c. soymilk (or other nondairy milk)
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1/4 c. cinnamon

Preheat oven the to 350 degrees and grease a baking dish.

In a large mixing bowl, combine 3 c. of flour, ½ c. of sugar, and baking powder, and mix well.  Add the apple butter, oil, soymilk, and vanilla extract.  Stir from the bottom of the bowl, turning it round-and-round, until the batter is very smooth with air bubbles.

Wash the blueberries and remove any stems.  In a medium-sized bowl, combine them with cinnamon and sugar to taste.

Pour 2/3 of the batter into baking dish, and shake the dish to spread the batter evenly.  Pour the blueberry mixture on top of the batter and smooth it with your hands.  Pour the remaining batter on top of the blueberry mixture.  Wet your hands and smooth out the top of the cake.

Add 1 c. of sugar, 1 c. of flour, and a pinch of cinnamon to the now empty batter bowl. Mix them with the leftover batter on the sides of the bowl.  Squeeze the mixture into krishkalach (crumbs.)  If the mixture is too dry to form clumps, add a little bit of oil. 

Sprinkle the krishkalach on top of the cake.  Bake it for 45 minutes to an hour or until it is brown on top.  Cool and enjoy!


Vegan Krishkalach (Crumb) Cake

1 c. nondairy margarine
5 ½ c. flour
½ c. sugar
3 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 c. apple butter
1 ½ tbsp. vanilla extract
2 Spy or Macintosh apples
Cinnamon

Grease a baking dish.  Soften the margarine on stovetop or in microwave (on high for 50 seconds.) 

In a large mixing bowl, combine 3 c. of flour, sugar, baking powder, and mix well.  Add the margarine, apple butter, and vanilla extract, and mix will. 

Mix the dough by hand, turning it over and around, very softly, like a baby.  Pick up the dough and let it fall, so that it breaks into pieces and then into crumbs.  Gradually add the remaining 2 c. of flour as you mix the dough.

Crumble enough dough into the baking dish to fill it halfway.  Continue to work the remaining dough into smaller and smaller pieces.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Peel and grate the apples.  In a small bowl, mix them with ¼ c. of flour, and cinnamon and sugar to taste. 

Smooth the apple mixture on top of the dough in the baking dish.  Sprinkle some cinnamon evenly over the apple mixture.  Crumble the remaining dough on top.

Bake the cake for 1 hour or until it is golden brown on top.  Cool and Enjoy!

Optional:  When cool, sprinkle with icing sugar.

Optional:  Use jam instead of apple filling or no filling at all.


Vegan Flourless Chocolate Cake

6 oz. unsweetened chocolate
2 c. almond milk
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 can of pumpkin puree (14 oz.)
1 c. brown sugar
½ c. quinoa flour
3 tbsp. arrowroot flour
1 tsp. xanthan gum
½ tsp. salt
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon or ginger (or more to taste)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a baking dish.

Heat the almond milk and chocolate over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, to melt the chocolate.  Transfer the mixture to a food processor and puree until smooth.  Add the vanilla extract and pumpkin puree and blend for 1 minute.  And the remaining ingredients and blend for 1 minute.  Unplug the food processor and wipe down the sides with a rubber spatula.  Plug in the food processor again and blend for 2 minutes until the batter is creamy and smooth. 

Pour the batter into the baking dish and shake the dish from side-to-side to spread the batter evenly.  Bake the cake for 50 minutes or until the centre is firm.  Cool the cake and then refrigerate it for at least 2 hours.  Serve cool and enjoy!

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