KNOCK-YOUR-SOCKS-OFF VEGAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Knock-Your-Socks-Off Vegan Chocolate Cake image

This is our go-to cake recipe now. After years of making 'depression cake' for our egg- and dairy-allergic son, we finally discovered that xanthan gum is the necessary ingredient for combating crumbly cake! This can easily be a vegan cake, or a not-necessarily-vegan cake, you throw together with stuff in your pantry! Cool completely, frost as desired, and enjoy!

Provided by SuperK, Beginner Baker!

Categories Desserts Cakes Chocolate Cake Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

cooking spray
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 ½ teaspoons xanthan gum
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups water
2 cups demerara sugar
¾ cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Whisk flour, cocoa powder, xanthan gum, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Add water, sugar, vegetable oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract to dry ingredients; mix until batter is just moistened and pour into the prepared baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 372.8 calories, Carbohydrate 58.7 g, Fat 14.6 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 409.4 mg, Sugar 31.4 g