My first vegan cake!
How to make a cake when you have no ingredients and no idea what you are doing
Today I wanted to make cupcakes. Unfortunately I had none of the ingredients necessary for al the recipes online (mainly shortening and apple cider vinegar) so I decided to use what I had, create my own recipe and see what happened. It was a challenging endeavor, trying to get the cake batter to be batter, taste better and use up all my butter, in addition to the other odd ingredients I found in my baking cabinet. But after trial and error, I developed a cake 100% vegan and easy, using ingredients most are bound to have.
To make a vegan cake, you need the following:
2 c. flour
1/2 c. flaxseed
1 tps. of each of the following: baking soda, baking powder, corn starch, salt
1 c. soy milk
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. vegan butter (I recommend smartbalance)
1/2 c. corn syrup
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
1 c. vegetable oil
Because this recipe is based on what you've got, it is open to variation and interpretation. Apple sauce may be substituted for oil, any other milk may be used, flaxseed may be omitted, granulated sugar could replace brown sugar, and you don't really need baking soda and baking powder and corn starch (its ok to just choose one, but add a little more than 1 tsp.) If you have apple cider vinegar or shortening, toss some in the batter, too. Keep in mind as you change ingredients, you want your cake to be moist, delicious and rise.
When you have found all of your ingredients, combined dry ingredients in large mixing bowl. Combined corn syrup, brown sugar and butter and melt into the microwave. Mix those together and then add to the dry ingredients. This will be your batter. If the batter is too thin, add flour. If it is too thick, add more milk. Taste test at this point to determine satisfactory sweetness.
Pour batter into a baking pan. Should make a 9x9" square or circle cake. I was lacking a baking pan, so I greased my frying pan and cooked the cake in it. Works just as a well and I made a nice round cake.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes, checking periodically. Poke it with a fork to check when the cake is done. If the fork comes out clean, the cake is set.
Allow cake to cool and then frost.
Frosting:
1/2 c. vegan butter
3 c. confectioners sugar
1/2 c. soy milk
Wisk all ingredients until smooth. To thicken the mixture, add more sugar and chill.
To frost, pour frosting on the top of the cake, smearing around to the edges. Chill.
Serve cake chilled, garnished with strawberries or another sweet fruit.
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