Vegan Low Fat German Chocolate Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Grease the base and sides of 2 x 20cm sandwich tins with dairy-free spread, then line the bases with baking parchment.
• Put the dairy-free milk in a jug and add the vinegar - it will split but don't worry. Put all of the other cake ingredients into a large bowl, pour over the milk mixture and beat well until smooth. Divide the mixture between the prepared tins and bake for 25-30 mins or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cakes comes out cleanly. Leave to cool in the tins for 10mins then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
• To make the buttercream, put the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and melt in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds. Leave the melted chocolate to cool for 5 minutes. Beat the dairy-free spread and icing sugar together with a wooden spoon then sift in the cocoa powder with a pinch of salt. Pour in the melted chocolate and dairy-free milk and keep mixing until smooth.
• Sandwich the two cooled sponges together with half of the buttercream then pile the rest on top and down the sides. Decorate with the fresh fruit.

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In food processor or blender, chop prunes. With motor running, add water. Puree, stopping to scrape sides, until mixture resembles smooth paste, about 5 minutes. Transfer to bowl of mixer.
• In separate bowl, combine Egg Replacer with water, mixing with whisk until smooth. Add to prude puree m mixer bowl, mixing at medium speed until smooth and fluffy. While beating, gradually add sugar. Beat until light and fluffy.
• In seperate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In small bowl, combine soymilk and vinegar. Stir to mix. Let sit a few minutes until clabbered.
• Add flour-cocoa mixture to prune-sugar mixture alternately with soymilk, beating constantly until batter is light and fluffy. Scrape bottom of bowl several times.
• Divide batter among three 9-inch cake pans that have been sprayed with PAM or Olivio and their bottoms lined with waxed paper. Bake until cake springs back when touched in center and wooden pick inserted comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and place pans on cooling racks. Run spatula carefully around edge. Let cake cool in pans until room temperature, about 20 minutes.
• Notes: Just began trying the purees in place of the pitted prunes. An example of Egg Replacer Powder is called EnerG.