Whenever anything looks all pink and red and amazing, I always feel like I have to say “for Valentine’s Day”
Quite honestly though, this Mississippi Mud Cake is perfect any time of the year!
The Vegan Mud Cake can be tricky due to the heavy amount of eggs in the original version
But once again I’ve done all the hard work for you!
Super moist chocolate mud cake that needs no icing!
How often can you say a cake needs no icing?!
But I am going to add a thin glaze of chocolate anyway
Because ummm … chocolate.
Not to mention the colorful stripes to make it perfect for whatever holiday you are celebrating!
This recipe has quite a lot of ingredients which for some people may be a turn off right away.
But once you taste this rich, dense, chocolate heaven on a plate
You will realize just how worth it the effort is!
It’s a simple mix and no mixers requires although I do use a mixer because I am lazy!
I’ve also made this recipe into layers for layer cakes
Cupcakes bake up perfectly too
Notes for Success:
Bourbon is included in this recipe for an amazing depth of flavor that is unmatched!
However you can omit that and just replace it with another liquor like Rum or Frangelico or even Grand Marnier would be awesome!
Or just add more coffee in place of the alcohol if you are alcohol free.
If coffee is something you also look to replace (I am crying now) you can just use all water, but be aware the flavor will just not be the same!
Coffee really brings out the richness of chocolate and why it is so often used in chocolate cake recipes.
Applesauce is used in the recipe below in place of some of the oil
If you do not use applesauce simply increase the oil/melted vegan butter amount with 2 Tbs
The down side of this recipe is that it can be a real nightmare to get the bundt cakes out of the pan!
Bundt pans are already notorious for sticking cakes, and this recipe (even the original non vegan version) would sometimes give me trouble!
So be sure to use a really good professional pan grease recipe, AND be generous with it!
Also let it cool all the way in the pan before trying to unmold it.
For layer cakes a parchment paper lining in cake pans will help and the unmolding so it is never a problem
I have also found that those ceramic bundt pans are the worst!
Definitely go for a non stick bundt pan for the best results!
But if for some reason you do get a stuck or semi broken cake, you can sometimes stick it back together if it is not too terrible
And then the ganache glaze will cover up the disaster!
Or make them into cake balls like I did here!
But hopefully you won’t have any problems and you will also find that this cake is your new favorite chocolate cake on the planet!
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL YOUTUBE VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO MAKE THIS CAKE
For more of the best vegan chocolate cakes click the links below!
The Ultimate Vegan Brooklyn Blackout Cake
Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cake
One Hour ~One Bowl Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe
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- Brooklyn Blackout Cake
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- Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cake
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- Easy Chocolate Cake
- For the Mud Cake Recipe:
- Vegan Butter 8Tablespoons (113g)
- Vegan Semi Sweet Chocolate 3ounces (85g)
- Unsweetened Applesauce 2 Tablespoons *or more oil or vegan butter if you prefer
- Light Brown Sugar ½ cup (105g)
- Granulated Sugar ½ cup (100g)
- Flax Meal 2 Tablespoons (16g)
- Warm Water 5 Tablespoons (75ml)
- Vanilla Extract 2 teaspoons (10ml)
- Bourbon Whiskey 2 Tablespoons (30ml) *see notes above recipe in article "notes for success"
- Strong Brewed Coffee ½ cup (120ml)
- *Or do what I did and use 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules and hot water
- All Purpose Flour 1 cup + 1 Tablespoon (133g)
- Natural Cocoa Powder 3 Tablespoons (30g)
- Baking Soda ½ teaspoon
- Baking Powder ¼ teaspoon
- Salt ¼ teaspoon
- [b]For the chocolate glaze:
- Combine 4 Tbs coconut oil with 5 Tbs cocoa powder and 1½ Tbs agave
- Heat over low heat stirring constantly
- For the colored glaze: 2 cups of confectioners sugar with 2-3 Tablespoons of almond milk makes a very pour able glaze (just be sure the cake is 100% cooled before you do it) add then color to your liking[/b]
- Combine the flax meal with the warm water and let stand to thicken about 5 minutes
- Melt the vegan butter with the chocolate over a low heat stirring constantly until melted then remove from heat and cool slightly while you gather your other ingredients.
- Sift together half of the sugar(s) with the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder
- In a mixing bowl combine the other half of the sugar(s) with the flax paste, applesauce, vanilla extract, coffee and whiskey, mix well.
- Add the melted chocolate and butter and mix well.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients a heaping spoonful at a time while mixing on low until it is all incorporated
- Pour into the prepared bundt pan and bake in a preheated 350° F oven for 40-45
- The cake will rise a lot and then fall slightly as it nears the end of bake time
- When you insert a a toothpick into the center it will come out clean, you will know it's done
- Cool completely in the pan, then unmold to a cooling rack
- Ice with chocolate glaze (recipe above) and colored sugar glaze (recipe above)
- Alternatively you can make 1 recipe of Vegan Ganache instead of the glaze, your option
For longer storage refrigerate for up to 1 week
Freeze cake wrapped well for up to 1 month
This cake is beautiful :)!
thankyou!
This sounds excellent for Mardi Gras too.
YES!! Just change the colors for any holiday! It is truly amazing recipe!
Hi Gretchen! Speaking of Mardi Gras, do you have a recipe for vegan King Cake?
Yikes! Im soooo behind on my holidays! No I havent shared a King Cake this time around. But I would use my Danish Dough recipe use flax for the eggs and then form it like the king cake!
1 egg= 1Tbs flax meal + 3Tbs warm water
Horror of horrors, can we non-vegans use eggs? If so how many?
Hi Elizabeth, yes the egg industry is horric! All the NON vegan recipes are still at http://www.gretchensbakery.com CLICK HERE
Looks delicious! If you don’t have vegan semi sweet chocolate, is there a swap out? (I have carob drops and I have cocoa powder on hand.)
sure you can make your own chocolate with cocoa powder here : For each ounce of chocolate you want to make: 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 4 teaspoons sugar, and 1 tablespoon butter, shortening or vegetable oil
Thank you!
Hi Gretchen
Thanks for the recipe and like to bake one asap. But what can i replaced for flax meal and can I omit whisky?
Thanks 🙂
yes to leaving out the whiskey (no changes) and you can use any egg replacer for the flax equivalent to 2 eggs
Thanks so much for your quick reply. Will bake soon 🙂
Are the whiskey and applesauce necessary?
No – The applesauce replaces some of the oil (so you can just add more oil or vegan butter) the whiskey can be replaced with more coffee
From the blog post: Oh yeah, by the way I add bourbon to this recipe for an amazing depth of flavor that is unmatched!
You can omit that and just replace it with another liquor like Rum or Frangelico or even Grand Marnier would be awesome!
Or more coffee if you want to forgo the alcohol altogether.
If coffee is something you also look to replace (I am crying now) you can just use all water, but be aware the flavor will just not be the same.
Coffee really brings out the richness of chocolate and why it is so often used in chocolate cake recipes.
Gretchen I did not read anywhere about how delicate this cake is! I have never knocked a cake out of a pan and had it fall completely apart! This is my first attempt at one of your vegan recipes the flavor is delicious the next time I make it I guess I will need to wait until it’s completely cooled and take a plastic knife to get it out of the pan with.
Hi Lisa, I will make that note for sure because this has happened to me too with this recipe- I believe I noted it and actually SHOWED it in my Thanksgiving version of this cake CLICK HERE but did not flow that information through here, Im sorry about that but I will update now.
When mine fell apart on the Thanksgiving version I proceeded to make whiskey cake balls and they are an amazing save to an otherwise major fail! Sorry this happened, bundt cakes can be a bear and this recipe adds to the chaos, but worth it for sure! This is by far my favorite tasting chocolate cake!
I made this cake in 13×9″ baking pan , the taste turned out to be very good but the cake was unmanageable, it fell apart into pieces 🙁 I bake for 15 minutes at 350 °. Any advice?
Hi Annie, Hmm I’m not quite sure why. This is quite a dense cake, not very crumbly at all. Was it dry? or just delicate? (Because this cake is definitely not anywhere near being dry if prepared correctly)
Hi Gretchen, where are your non-vegan recipes? Can’t find them anywhere!!!
my non vegan blog is shut down
I couldn’t keep up the cost to host it on the internet and maintain it monthly anymore
The cost to host such a huge database was close to $400 a month (with the maintenance cost, I needed to hire a tech guy to help keep it running smoothly)
So that cost was severely outweighing any small profits I had been making though running ads on the videos & blogsite.
I have not kept any of the non vegan recipes, since for over 4 years now I have been strictly vegan;
so for me they are of no use. They were all housed in the database and that has shut down.
Here is a video explanation I recently uploaded in response to the many emails I have been getting https://youtu.be/ghHVqNZuNaA
Thanks for your support and encouragement though the ages!
~Gretchen