HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYBODY! As always, I hope everybody had a fantastic weekend. So, I decided to talk about my experience with vegan cake. Only because my birthday is coming up very soon and what better topic to talk about than cake! Cake is not my FAVORITE dessert, but nonetheless, people do enjoy cake, and I hope y'all enjoy this recipe!
So, I noticed that when I baked the cake, it took a tiny bit longer than usual. So I would suggest maybe adding an additional 5 minutes just to be on the safe side. For "stick butter" substitute, I like to use Earth Balance. To me, I can't really tell a difference so that is a good thing! Now, for the shortening, this took some hard research as I didn't even know there was a substitute for shortening, nor did I know that typical shortening was not vegan. Luckily, I did find out that Crisco is vegan. BUT here are a list of other vegan shortening brands: Spectrum, Nutiva, Admiration, and Wesson. For the milk, we can use soy milk, almond milk, or rice milk. I like to use either almond milk only because it just honestly tastes better to me. But in the end, it is whatever you prefer to use!
Now, I was not a huge fan of the first bite in the cake when I had made it. To me, it just seemed a little dense. HOWEVER, after a couple more bites (or an extra slice or two I should say), it really grew on me. The frosting on top was rather different too. But not different in a bad way. It was actually really good and I preferred it over the regular frosting. Overall, I really did enjoy this recipe and I certainly prefer it over the original. I don't know if you guys have noticed or not, but I do tend to make my desserts a tad sweeter than what it usually calls for. So, if you think it might be too sweet for you, you can always cut down the amount of sugar. Or, I like to use Blue Agave nectar or monk fruit sugar. I tend to use a lot less of that, but the dessert still taste sweet.
Combine your dry ingredients with your wet ingredients and mix well.
Once all that is complete, you can start assembling your cake however you would like to!!!
I think after a while of getting used to having a certain diet, anything can grow on us. We get used to it and eventually our taste buds start liking it. Glad you like it!
Thank you! You are right, after a while any diet can grow on us!
Such a delicious vegan vanilla cake, I didn't know that this one is even vegan. those ingredients are super healthy. I love almond mike, I can't wait to taste this one.
Looks good. Will definitely try this one out.
Wonderful vanilla cake, I will definitely try this out at home !!
hmmm looks good. I like the ingredient list. Sometimes when I hear vegan I get nervous, but these ingredients don't scare me haha.
Looks great! I love that there is a vegan recipe for almost anything now!
i almost always prefer the flavor of almond milk in cakes! happy birthday!
This vegan vanilla cake looks so delicious and tempting. It makes me hungry! I really love cheesecake.
We do love cakes. Oh shall I say, most people loves cake. Looks easy to prepare and delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
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