Vegan Walnut Spice Cake
"I got this recipe from the magazine "Family Circle" all I did was make the appropriate adjustments. This is a MUST TRY. Really, it's fantastic."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
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20
ingredients
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cake
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 3⁄4 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1 1⁄4 cups soymilk or 1 1/4 cups water
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frosting
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1⁄2 cup vegan margarine
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon rum extract
- 2 (16 ounce) boxes confectioners' sugar
- 6 -8 teaspoons soymilk or 6 -8 water
- 1 1⁄2 cups walnuts, toasted, chopped coarsely
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Coat two 9-inch cake pans with nonstick cooking spray; line bottom with waxed paper and spray again.
- In bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, clove cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
- In second bowl beat together apple sauce, sugars and shortening until combined. Beat in dry ingredients in three additions, alternating with soymilk/water. Beat two minutes.
- Divide batter between pans and bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes until you can stick a toothpick in it an pull it out clean. Cool on rack for 12-15 minutes. Turn layers out and cool completely. Then Frost.
- In bowl beat shortening, margarine and extracts. Gradually beat in confectioner's sugar the 6 tablespoons soymilk/water, add in soymilk/water as needed for consistancy.
- Spread the frosting on a layer of the cake, put the other layer on top, frost the tops and sides, then press walnuts onto the sides.
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Reviews
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I'm happy with this cake. I reduced the sugar to 1 1/2 cups and think it's plenty sweet enough. Reduced the fat to 1/2 cup, using 1/2 cup oil instead of margarine, and used 1/4 cup extra milk. Has a good spicy flavor. I baked mine in a bundt pan for about 50 minutes. Very nice cake.
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I'm happy with this cake. I reduced the sugar to 1 1/2 cups and think it's plenty sweet enough. Reduced the fat to 1/2 cup, using 1/2 cup oil instead of margarine, and used 1/4 cup extra milk. Has a good spicy flavor. I baked mine in a bundt pan for about 50 minutes. Very nice cake.
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Well, let's see. The most important thing I can put here is that I am a vegan. I'm not a chef, so I don't create recipes, but I often see recipes I want to try online or in magazines so I make the appropreate adjustments and usually it turns out better then the non vegan version! I wouldn't post a recipe here unless I knew it was very good so I would reccomend that vegans and non vegans a like take a looksee. I wouldn't be as fat as I am if vegan food wasn't good and most of the time with baked goods it's even better than non-vegan food :)
