Author Notes
A base recipe for a moist vegan cake. Its delicious in its simplicity and even if you're not vegan, worth an experiment. Its also a blank canvas that can be easily adapted to suit ones tastes. I substitute a ¼ of the flour for cocoa if I'm looking for a chocolate cake, I add chai spices, substitute coconut milk/extract for a tropical spin, add zests, fruit purees, swap brown sugar for the white, use agave instead of honey, etc. Its wonderfully versatile. —PieceOfLayerCake
Ingredients
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2 ½ cups
unbleached, all-purpose flour
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1 ½ cups
granulated sugar
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1 ½ teaspoons
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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½ teaspoons
kosher salt
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2 cups
unsweetened almond milk (or coconut milk, or soy milk, or...you get the picture)
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2 ¼ teaspoons
apple cider vinegar
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¼ cups
neutral flavored oil
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2 tablespoons
honey
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1 ½ teaspoons
vanilla extract
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease two, 8" cake pans and line with parchment paper.
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Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl and whisk to blend. In a separate bowl, whisk together the almond milk, vinegar, oil, honey and vanilla until well mixed. While whisking (either by hand or in a mixer), pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients ⅓ at a time, ensuring that there are no lumps. Whisk only until the batter just comes together.
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Distribute the batter evenly between the two pans and bake for 30 - 35 minutes, or until the cake springs back when gently poked. Allow the cakes to cool in their pans for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Top with your favorite "butter"cream, a light glaze, or just grab chunks and stuff them in your mouth behind the refrigerator door. Kept airtight, the cake will keep well at room temperature for 3 - 4 days, or wrapped, it will keep frozen for up to 2 months.
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