Name: Vegan Cherry Chocolate Cake Recipe
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour; ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 tsp Baking Soda; ½ tsp salt; 1 cup or turbinado, scant raw sugar; ½ cup or quality vegetable oil, melted, scant coconut oil; 1 cup cold coffee; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ½ tsp Almond Extract; 2 tbsp cider vinegar; 1 ¼ lb dark cherries

How To Make Vegan Cherry Chocolate Cake

Indulge yourself with our guilt-free chocolate cake recipe! It’s vegan-friendly and healthy, making for the perfect decadent dessert.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 35 minutes

Total: 55 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1½cupswhole wheat pastry flour
⅓cupunsweetened cocoa powder
1tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
1cupraw sugar,or turbinado, scant
½cupcoconut oil,or quality vegetable oil, melted, scant
1cupcoffee,cold
1tspvanilla extract
½tspalmond extract
2tbspcider vinegar
1 ¼lbdark cherries

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Pit the cherries.
Line the bottom of the cake pan with parchment paper.
Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar directly into the cake pan.
In a measuring cup, measure and mix together the oil, cold coffee, almond extract, and vanilla extract.
Pour the liquid mixture into the baking pan and mix the batter with a fork or a small whisk until it is smooth.
Add the vinegar and stir quickly. Stir just until the vinegar is evenly distributed throughout the batter.
Mix in the cherries with minimal stirring.
Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Set aside to cool.
Serve warm or chilled, and enjoy!