Vegan Chocolate Fudge Frosting
My sister is a Pinterest genius! She scavenges through the boards collecting decorating tips, party ideas, and yummy recipes. She came up with this fabulous birthday party idea using homemade fan wall hangs, pink and white balloon garlands, sparkly clothespins and twine picture collages for my niece's 1st birthday party. She even made a bright sparkly pink and white tutu with tulle and ribbon! She got all the ideas from pinterest! Like I said, genius. The party was a success and the decorations were gorgeous! I made my favorite Little Lady her very own birthday cake. Look at that tiny hand daintily picking coconut flakes off the cake! <3 Obviously I need some training in cake decorating, but baby steps! Most importantly, it tasted delicious and wasn't loaded with refined sugar and fat! I used the maple syrup cake recipe I posted a few months back (link below) and decided to play around with a new chocolate frosting recipe too (due to a lack of food processor). It was perfect!!!! The frosting is so easy to whip up. Store it in the freezer. The extra frosting froze into a truffle like dessert that I'll be playing around with in the future. Let Them Eat Cake!
Find this recipe usd for Doughnuts, 3-Layer Maple Syrup Cake , and Red, White, and Blueberry Maple Syrup Cake + Chocolate Frosting + Coconut Cream
Ingredients
Maple Syrup Cake:
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- ¾ c almond milk
- 2 1/3 tbsp coconut oil (or other type of oil)
- ½ c maple syrup
- 1 2/3 c white wholewheat flour
- ½ c apple sauce, unsweetened
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
Chocolate Fudge Frosting
- ½ c cashews, soaked for 4+ hours (liquid drained)
- 2 c medjool dates
- ¼ c cocoa powder
- 1 can full fat coconut milk
- 1/2 c date paste (if more sweetness is desired)
Directions
Maple Syrup Cake:
- Lightly grease three 6″ cake pans (or glass pyrex dishes).
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Whisk almond milk and vinegar together and let sit for five minutes.
- In another bowl (or kitchen aide basin) add oil, maple syrup, applesauce and mix well.
- Sift dry ingredients into large bowl and mix to incorporate and until no lumps remain. Add dry ingredients to liquid ingredients (in kitchen aide basin). Mix to combine.
- Divide the batter between your three cake pans and you may have enough batter left over to make 2 cupcakes or doughnuts.
- Place pans in the oven to bake for 35-45 minutes. Cooking time will vary depending on your oven or the size of cake pans. Keep an eye on them and take them out when the tops are golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool your cake layers upside down to help flatten the tops out. This will help to make your final cake more symmetrical, balanced, and easier to assemble.
- Let cake cool completely before icing with frosting (They can be placed in the freezer for a about 15 minute for speedier cooling).
Chocolate Fudge Frosting:
- Add coconut milk and cashews to blender and whiz until smooth. Add dates and continue blending until thick and smooth.
- Slowly add cocoa powder . You want frosting to be spreadable (a Nutelle consistency). You can add a few tablespoons of almond milk if it gets too thick, but you probably won’t need it.
- Place frosting in freezer for 30 minutes to cool and firm up.
- Now you are ready to frost your cake.
Cake Assembly:
- Spread a tablespoon of frosting onto the plate or cake stand before putting down the first cake layer. This will prevent the cake from sliding.
- Place the first cake layer on top of the frosting right-side up so that the flat bottom sits on the stand (if your cake layers are not flat you can cut off the cake tops).
- Using a spatula put a big dollop of frosting on the side and smooth around cake and across the top of the bottom layer.
- Place the second cake layer on top and press gently to make sure it sticks. Take a step back and check that it is level and centered.
- Put a big dollop of frosting on the center of the cake and, using the offset spatula, spread it to the edges. If you get crumbs in the frosting, simply scrape the dirty frosting off your spatula into a separate bowl. (Be generous when you start to frost. You can always scrape some off if you end up with too much, but if you start with too little, you risk pulling crumbs from the cake into the frosting).
- Carefully frost the cake around the sides and on the top.
- Add the third layer. Frost around the sides and the top.
- Once the cake is frosted, you can top the cake with blueberries and add a ring of berries around the bottom edge.
- Cake is best when it has sat in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours to cool and solidify.
- Enjoy with a tall glass of cold almond milk or with cashew-coconut ice cream.
This looks absolutely amazing!! Have to try it! thanks 🙂