Best Vegan Chocolate Loaf Cake
Freshly-brewed coffee sets apart this vegan chocolate loaf cake with a rich intensity, bringing out the beautifully-dark flavours of the pure cacao powder (although you could also use cocoa powder if you wish).
Ingredients
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup + 2 tbsp pure cacao powder/ cocoa powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- 3 tbsp neutral-flavoured oil
- ½ cup hot espresso/ freshly-brewed coffee
- ¼ cup water
- ¾ tsp vinegar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175C
- Line a small loaf pan, greasing well. Set aside.
- Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- Add the brown sugar to a separate (heat-proof) mixing bowl and pour the wet ingredients on top: hot water, hot coffee, vinegar, oil and vanilla extract. Whisk well until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is evenly combined.
- Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients and gently fold until combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepped loaf tin and top with chocolate chips.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the centre emerges mostly clean with a few moist crumbs attached.
- Let the cake cool down completely before tucking in!
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Notes
The cacao powder, dark brown cane sugar and leavening agents used in this recipe have been sourced from Urban Platter.