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Vegan German Chocolate Cake
Calories: 436kcal
My husband Jeffrey loved German Chocolate Cake for his birthdays when he was young and I love recreating healthy plant-based versions of classic cakes. So today we have this scrumptious two layer, whole food, plant-based Vegan German Chocolate Cake that will knock your socks off! The dark chocolate cake layers are topped with a creamy, coconut and pecan frosting that is pure heaven and the entire cake is refined sugar-free, oil-free, eggless, and gluten-free.
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Ingredients
Cake
- 3 cups organic rolled oats ground into flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp ground flax
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cups deglet dates or medjool dates
- 2 cups very hot water
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup soy milk unsweetened, or plant based milk of your choice
Frosting
- 1 ½ cup deglet dates or medjool dates
- 1 ½ cup soy milk unsweetened, or plant based milk of your choice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup organic rolled oats
- 1 ½ cup shredded coconut unsweetened
- 1 cup pecans chopped finely and lightly toasted in oven
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Whisk together the oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground flax and cocoa powder.
- Blend together the dates, hot water, vinegar, vanilla and soy milk in a blender.
- Stir the blended mixture into the flour mixture and mix well.
- Pour equally into two 9 inch silicone cake pans or two parchment lined pans.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Let cool thoroughly.
Frosting
- Blend together the dates, soy milk, vanilla and oats in a blender until smooth.
- Pour into a bowl and stir in the coconut and pecans.
- Place one of the cakes on a plate or cake stand.
- Use half of the frosting to frost the top surface of that cake.
- Place the other cake on the top of the frosting layer.
- Frost the top of that cake leaving the sides bare.
- Optional: Decorate the top of the cake with more toasted pecans
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Nutrition
Calories: 436kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 327mg | Potassium: 709mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 195IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 193mg | Iron: 4mg
