Vegan Chocolate Ganache Pumpkin Spice Cake Food

VEGAN CHOCOLATE GANACHE PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350, grease or spray a 9x9 pan.
• Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler (or in the microwave for 30 sec. intervals, stirring after each 30 seconds until melted) in a medium bowl.
• Stir in pumpkin, vanilla, oil and flaxseed to the melted chocolate.
• Mix all dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves) until well combined, and stir in wet ingredients.
• Spread evenly into the pan (batter will be thick) and bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool.
• Ganache: melt margarine and soymilk in a small bowl (either in the microwave or on a double boiler). Stir in chocolate chips and continue heating until melted and smooth.
• Spread over cake when cake is cooled, refrigerate cake if you want ganache to set (or dig in for melty chocolate-y heaven :D).

RAW VEGAN CHOCOLATE GANACHE

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.

PUMPKIN & CRANBERRY SPICE CAKE (VEGAN OR NOT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two round baking pans.
• Combine pumpkin, spices, sugar, melted butter, soy milk and orange juice.
• Mix in flour, baking soda and powder, and salt.
• Cut cranberries in half and then add to mixture, mixing until well combined.
• Pour mixture into the two prepared baking pans and bake for approximately 35 minutes at 350 degrees.
• To make vegan buttercream frosting, mix 1 cup (1 stick) Earth Balance butter with 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, and 1/8 to 1/4 cup orange juice.
• Frost when cake is cool.

VEGAN PUMPKIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Grease an 8x8 baking pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Place sugar, oil, syrup and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Whisk until sugar is dissolved.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, spices and salt.
• In small alternating portions, add the flour mixture and pumpkin to the liquid ingredients. Begin and end with the flour mixture.
• Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake 55 minutes to an hour.

VEGAN CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour an 8" cake pan.
• Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave in 30 second increments.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, water, vinegar, sugar, vanilla, oil, and salt.
• In a large bowl, sift together the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Add in spices and whisk to combine.
• Combine the wet mixture with the dry mixture until smooth. Pour in melted chocolate and whisk well to combine.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and continue cooling.

MOIST VEGAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugar and margarine.
• Add the boiling water and mix for 1 minute.
• Combine the egg substitute powder and 4 tablespoons water and mix for 1 minute.
• Add the vanilla and mix 1 minute more.
• Pour into a 10x13" glass baking pan.
• Bake 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan or tube pan.
• In a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
• Remove from heat and mix in the sugar, pumpkin puree, vanilla, and eggs.
• Add the baking powder and baking soda in pinches, breaking up any lumps with your fingers.
• Stir in thoroughly.
• Stir in the salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cocoa.
• Stir in the flour, just until blended, then the nuts and raisins.
• Pour and scrape the batter into the pan.
• Smooth the top.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the pan and cool on the rack for about 15 minutes more. When cool, dust top with confectioners' sugar, if desired.