Vegan Chocolate Whiskey Cake
A dense, moist vegan chocolate whiskey cake with hints of spice from cloves and black pepper and the haunting allure of Irish whiskey. It's the grown-up version of chocolate cake, although it is very kid friendly.
Servings: 12
Calories: 405kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon tapioca flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¾ cup cocoa powder (plus approx 2 tablespoon for dusting the cake pan)
- 12 tablespoon vegan butter
- 2 tablespoon instant coffee (alternatively, skip the coffee and the 1 ½ cups water in the ingredients list and brew 1 ½ cups strong coffee)
- 1½ cups water
- ½ cup Irish whiskey
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup maple syrup (can just use more sugar)
- ½ cup aquafaba (chickpea brine)
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup vegan semisweet chocolate chips
- Powdered sugar for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spray a 10-inch springform pan with oil or coat the sides and bottom with butter. Line the bottom with parchment. Spray or coat the parchment paper with oil as well, then dust the pan with 2 tablespoon cocoa flour.
- Whisk together the all purpose flour, tapioca flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground black pepper and cloves in a large bowl. Set aside.
- In a saucepan place the remaining ¾ cup cocoa powder, butter, instant coffee, water, whiskey, sugar and maple syrup. Whisk and set over low heat. Continue whisking until all of the sugar and butter has melted.
- Once the cocoa-butter-coffee mixture has cooled, add to it the aquafaba and the pure vanilla extract. Mix, then pour into the bowl with the flour and other dry ingredients.
- Mix with a spatula or whisk until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. This batter is a bit more liquid that a typical cake batter, but that's how it should be.
- Place the prepared springform pan on a baking sheet, then pour the cake batter into it.
- Place in the oven and bake 1 hour or until a toothpick or skewer in the center comes out clean.
- Place the cake on a rack and let it cool. Unmold--run a knife along the sides of the cake if necessary. Dust the cake with powdered sugar and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 405kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 237mg | Potassium: 304mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 542IU | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 3mg