Vegan Black Forest Cake
Ingredients
Chocolate cake
- 3.5 oz (100 grams) vegan chocolate
- 2.5 tbsp almond butter
- 1 cup plant-based milk
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 0.8 cups (100 g or ~2 dl) spelt flour
- 0.4 cups (45 g or ~1 dl) almond flour
- 0.8 cups (140 g or ~2 dl) coconut sugar
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp baking soda
- 0.5 tsp salt
Cherry cream
- 4 cups plant-based whipped cream
- 1 cup cherries or 1/2 cup cherry jam
- If whipped cream is not sweetened, add sweetener of choice
Assembly
- ~4 tbsp cherry juice
- 1 cup cherries for decoration
- shaved chocolate
Preparation
Preheat oven to 360 F / 180 C.
Melt chocolate in a water bath and mix with almond butter.
In a bowl, whisk together plant-based milk and apple cider vinegar.
In a separate bowl, mix together all dry ingredients.
Pour the chocolate and almond butter mixture and the milk and apple cider vinegar mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well.
Pour the batter into a brownie pan or other baking tin and bake for 30 minutes. Let cool.
For the cherry cream, chop pitted cherries and mix with whipped cream, either in a blender or in a bowl.
Cut the cake in half and decorate with cherry cream, shaved chocolate, and more cherries.
Tips
This cake can be made with any fruit or berries instead of cherries.
Blackberries would be an amazing alternative.
