Extra Fluffy Chocolate Cakes
Who wants to try some of this chocolate orange cake? It's topped with a beautiful orange glaze and it's such a great cake to begin the festive months with.
Try some more delicious chocolate cake recipes such as my vegan chocolate snickers cake or my vegan chocolate blueberry cake.
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Ingredients For This Recipe
- Soy milk
- Apple cider vinegar - combines with the soy milk to make vegan buttermilk
- All-purpose flour
- Cocoa powder
- Brown sugar
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Canola oil - this is the same as rapeseed oil
- Freshly squeezed orange juice - for both the cake and the glaze
- Zest of 2 oranges - adds strong flavours to the chocolate cake
- Vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar
How To Make Vegan Chocolate Orange Cake
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
For the full method and ingredient amounts, please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
STEP ONE
Grease two loaf cake tins with vegan butter.
STEP TWO
Make the vegan buttermilk.
STEP THREE
Combine the dry ingredients.
STEP FOUR
Add the wet ingredients.
STEP FIVE
Fold the dry into the wet.
STEP SIX
Add the cake batter to the cake tins. Bake.
STEP SEVEN
Let the cakes cool.
STEP EIGHT
Make the glaze. Spoon it over the cakes.
Tips For Making Chocolate Orange Cake
Use High Quality Cocoa Powder
Using a good quality cocoa powder will give you that perfect, rich taste that you want your festive chocolate orange cake to have.
Don't Over Mix The Cake Batter
Just fold your chocolate cake batter. This will give you a fluffier cake than if you mix it.
Frequently Asked Questions
This could be because the oven temperature is too high. Always check on your cakes while they are in the oven as every oven is different.
Stick a skewer into the cake. If it comes out clean, this means the cake has baked and is ready to come out from the oven.
How To Store My Vegan Chocolate Orange Cake
Store this cake at room temperature in an airtight container for 4 days.
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Easy Vegan Chocolate Orange Cake
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2 Cakes 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This vegan chocolate orange cake screams festivity and it's so rich! The orange glaze definitely balances the flavours nicely. Give it a try!
Ingredients
Chocolate orange cake batter:
- 200ml soy milk
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 175g all-purpose flour (sifted)
- 25g cocoa powder
- 150g brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 50ml canola oil (rapeseed)
- 50ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- Zest of 2 large oranges
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Orange glaze:
- 160g powdered sugar
- 2.5 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
Instructions
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 177 Celsius (350F).
- Grease two 20cm x 10cm loaf cake tins with cold vegan butter. Set aside.
Make the cake:
- Make the vegan buttermilk by mixing the apple cider vinegar into the soy milk. Set aside for 7-8 minutes while the buttermilk curdles. Measure out the other ingredients while you wait.
- To a large bowl, add the flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Mix to combine.
- Next, pour in your curdled soy milk. Also, add the oil, orange juice, orange zest and vanilla extract. Carefully fold the chocolate orange cake batter until there are no lumps of flour remaining.
- Equally, pour the chocolate cake batter into the two prepared loaf cake tins and bake in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes. A skewer will come out clean when it’s ready.
- Let your two baked cakes cool in their tins for 15 minutes, then carefully remove the cakes from the tins. Transfer the cakes to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Make the glaze:
- Add your powdered sugar to a small bowl. Then add the orange juice. Mix.
- Spoon the glaze over your cooled cakes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Bakes
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Chocolate Orange Cake
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories: 207
- Sugar: 26.3 g
- Sodium: 263.6 mg
- Fat: 4.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 40.5 g
- Protein: 2.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
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