Vegan Red Velvet Cake Food

VEGAN RED VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F (180C). lightly grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
• In a large bowl, whisk the dry ingredients together.
• In a medium bowl, mix the wet ingredients together. Add enough red food dye so that the wet ingredients are a very vibrant red *see notes. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until the batter just comes together, don't over mix. Evenly divide batter among the cake pans. Bake 30 - 35 minutes until ta toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cakes cool in the pan before removing.
• Use a hand mixer or stand mixer to beat the cream cheese and butter together until fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and slowly mix in. Increase the speed and whip the frosting until fluffy. If the frosting is too thick, add 1 tablespoon of plant-based milk at a time, mixing in, until the desired consistency is reached. If the frosting is too sweet, add a pinch of salt and mix in. Store the frosting in the fridge until needed. Make sure the cakes are cooled completely before frosting.

VEGAN RED VELVET CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F and grease three 6″ cake pans or two 8″ cake pans with olive or coconut oil. Line with parchment paper and set aside. Add the apple cider vinegar to unsweetened dairy free milk and set aside to curdle for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and sea salt. Set aside.
• In a stand mixer with paddle attachment or large bowl, cream the vegan butter for 2-3 minutes, until fluffy. Add in the sugar, and continue mixing until the sugar is almost dissolved into the butter. Then add in the applesauce, vanilla, and red food coloring. Mix on medium speed until combined. Add in the flour mixture and vegan buttermilk in increments of two, mixing until the flour is JUST integrated into the wet ingredients.
• Divide batter evenly amongst the cake pans. Place cake pans into the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the toothpick comes out clean.
• Let the cakes cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a drying rack to cool completely before frosting.

VEGAN RED VELVET CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 ºF and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
• Measure out the non dairy milk and add the vinegar. Set aside for 5-10 minutes to make a vegan "buttermilk."
• Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a mixing bowl. Whisk to make sure it's well combined.
• Pour the buttermilk into a large mixing bowl and add the oil and vanilla extract. Stir in red food coloring until the color is a bright and vibrant red. I used 1/4 tsp of gel food coloring. If using liquid food coloring you may need ~2 tablespoons.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet then whisk until the batter is smooth.
• Pour the cupcake batter into the prepared tin. Fill the liners about 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 19-22 minutes or until a tester pulls out clean.
• Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then remove the cupcakes and place on a wire cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.

VEGAN RED VELVET CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a cup pour the milk and add the lemon juice. Let sit while preparing the next dew ingredients. This makes buttermilk. Cream together the margarine, vegan sugar and then add the applesauce and flour.
• In a small bowl mix together cocoa and food coloring to form a slight paste. Add it to the creamed mixture. Mix the salt and flour together and add it to the batter alternating with the buttermilk in three batches, mixing after each addition. Add vanilla extract. Mix in baking soda and vinegar. Pour batter into 2 greased cake pans (I used round) and bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Frosting:.
• Mix softened cream cheese and margarine together. Add vegan sugar vanilla and soymilk. Mixture will be very soft (almost a glue-like texture). After cake cools slightly put one layer on a plate and pour some frosting over so that it runs down the sides. Let cool a little more and add the next layer and repeat process.