Super Moist Chocolate Cake

[laurapony]

i am eating this right now and it is amazing. Someone asked how you could turn this into a vanilla cake instead, and that's exactly what i did. i substituted the cocoa with 1/3 cup of vanilla pudding mix. I have no idea if regular pudding mix is vegan, but some canadian stuff i found is. Pud 'n fun is what its called. It came out soooooooooooo good.

[janeyboo]

my first vegan cake!!! I knew from the first time I tasted the batter that it was going to be amazing. it was perfect! I just wish I had found a decent frosting that either didnt turn out icky or wasnt chocolate (I dont do chocolate on chocolate & my veg margarine is bad for baking but I am a thriftnut and wont buy what I dont need ...) I ended up mashing some bananas and mixing in cinnamon and using it as a spread.. luckily we ate the whole cake within 2 days so it was fine. great recipe, when I want choco cake I will return to this one for sure!!! I will also have to try the vanilla pudding idea for a vanilla cake mmmm

[Daisy]

This cake turned out great.  It makes a one-layer square cake, and I just cut it in half to make it two layers.  Next time I will double the recipe to make a full two-layer cake.  Thanks for the recipe!

[janeyboo]

This cake turned out great.  It makes a one-layer square cake, and I just cut it in half to make it two layers.  Next time I will double the recipe to make a full two-layer cake.  Thanks for the recipe!

ooooh your picture looks delish. what did you use for frosting?? it looks so light and fluffy!

[Daisy]

Hi Janeyboo - The frosting was very simple. Powdered sugar, almond flavoring, soy milk and small amount of shortening.  I did not measure (gets me in trouble sometimes), and added enough liquid to make the frosting a little thicker than mayo consistancy.

[janeyboo]

yummy and easy just what I like heehee. thanks!! one more question, did you have to heat it at all? I know some recipes for icing/frosting require heating some of the ingredients over the stove. and I agree sometimes trial and error & personal taste is what makes a recipe.

[Daisy]

No, I did not heat the frosting.  I have an electric mixer, and I beat it a good while.

[vegan_karin]

Delish!  All my coworkers loved it!  I love it when meat eaters drool over such good vegan recipes, it is the best way to open their eyes.  The only change I made was to add a little bit of applesauce.

[Daisy]

Hi again.  I made this recipe into chocolate cupcakes and strawberry cupcakes.  I mixed together the dry ingredients (minus the cocoa) and divided in half.  For the chocolate cupcakes I added half the cocoa and the rest of the ingredients (halved each one).  For the strawberry, I added 1 teaspoon strawberry flavoring and 6 mashed strawberries (I used frozen strawberries) instead of the cocoa.  I then halved the remaining ingredients.  This recipe makes 13 cupcakes.  Yum-mm

[baking_fiend]

definitely a fantastic recipe. i just made it for the first time the other night so i followed the recipe exactly. it was perfect!

[The_ka]

This is awesome it is my hands down, reliable supremely awesome cake I bring to parties. Everyone loves it.
I did tweek it a bit though after a few attempts at perfection.... I increased the cocoa to 4-5 tablespoons(yum!), and the baking soda to 2 tsp, I only have apple cider vinegar so I used that... then I added 1 tablespoon ground flax and mixed 1 tsp (equivelent to 1 egg) ener-g egg replacer into the 1 cup water. ( I know this sounds involved but sometimes with out the flax and ener-g it falls apart!)

It still stick sometimes no matter how well I oil the pan. I think my oven is too small and the pan is too close to the heat source.... but no one complains after I put the frosting on.
Enjoy!

[nekromantikk]

This was okay, but it didn't have enough flavor. Next time I will add chocolate chips and maybe something else too.

[veggiegardener]

This is a wonderful chocolate cake recipe!  I doubled the ingredients to make 18 large cupcakes.  Baked them at 350 for 18 minutes and they came out perfect.

[bothering]

I baked this for my partner's birthday- I added chocolate chips and frosted it with a peanut/soy nut butter creation. a peanut butter cup cake! everyone who tasted it commented on how moist it was, and tasty! thanks for the recipe!