Garden Cake
Total time
Serves: serves 18-20 people
- For the chocolate cake:
- Cake Flour 3 cups (360g)
- Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder 6 Tablespoons (36g)
- Granulated Sugar 2 cups (400g)
- Baking Soda 2 teaspoons (10g)
- Ground Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
- Salt ½ teaspoon (3g)
- Apple Cider Vinegar 2 teaspoons (10ml)
- Vanilla Extract 2 teaspoons (10g)
- Vegetable Oil 12 Tablespoons (165g)
- Hot Water 2 cups (480ml) *approx 180°F - boiling
- 1 recipe Best Vegan Buttercream
- 1 package Vegan Sandwich cookies *Newmans O's are definitely vegan!
- Assorted gel paste colors
- Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
- Combine the cocoa powder with the hot water and then add the vinegar, oil and the vanilla extract.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the sifted dry ingredients and whisk vigorously with a hand whisk until smooth (about 15 strokes)
- Pour batter into greased and parchment lined 12" X 18" sheet pan
- Bake in preheated 350°f oven for approximately 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs
- Prepare the buttercream recipe as per the instructions on that blog post and then assemble the cake as shown in the video
Recipe by Gretchen's Vegan Bakery at https://www.gretchensveganbakery.com/vegetable-garden-cake/
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