vegan birthday cake

Ingredients

  • 80 g vegan chocolate (semi sweet in my case)
  • 2/3 cup freshly brewed coffee
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I use Ghiradelli)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup canola oil (you can also use olive oil -- but cake might have a slight olive oil flavor)
  • 1/2 large very ripe avocado, mashed
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup vegan milk of choice
  • 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips (or just regular semi sweet chocolate)
  • 150 g bitterkuvertüre **
    ** Instructions **
    **
  1. Preheat oven to 175 °C (350° F).
  2. Place a small saucepan over low heat and add in 80 g chocolate and freshly brewed coffee. Whisk until chocolate is completely melted, then remove from heat and set aside to cool.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together flour , both sugars , cocoa powder, baking soda , and salt ; set aside.
  4. In a separate large bowl, beat together mashed avocado , oil , and vanilla extract until smooth.
  5. Whisk in cooled chocolate and your milk of choice.
  6. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently fold in 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips. Your cake batter should be pretty thick. If it's too thick, add in an extra tablespoon or two of milk
  7. Pour batter into prepared bundt pan and smooth top.
  8. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until tester inserted into center comes out almost clean, with just a few crumbs attached. Let cool in pan an hour on a wire rack before flipping over and transferring to wire rack to finish cooling completely.

source: <http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/2013/05/best-ever-vegan-avocado- chocolate-birthday-cake-with-vegan-chocolate-ganache/>