Vegan MoFo, Day 16: One "Egg" Cake with Chocolate Frosting

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One "Egg" Cake
adapted from Meatless Meals, page 57
serves 4-6--supplies carbohydrates, or heat and energy materials, and some protein

1 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup vegan butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Ener-G "egg"
3 Tbsp coconut milk (from a can)
1/3 cup water
1/2 tsp vanilla

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a mixing bowl. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the "egg" to the creamed butter/sugar. In a cup, mix together the water and coconut milk. Starting with the flour and finishing with flour, alternate adding the flour and milk mixture to the mixer and mix well after each addition. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Pour cake batter into two small, greased baking pans and bake for about 25 minutes. Let cakes cool.

Chocolate Ganache

adapted from Meatless Meals, page 81 (she called it Chocolate Frosting, but it's more of a ganache)

makes a ton, at least two cakes

1 cup granulated sugar

4 Tbsp AP flour

1 1/4 cups soymilk

4 squares bitter chocolate

2 Tbsp vegan butter

1 tsp vanilla

In a double-boiler, melt the chocolate and add milk, mix. Sift the flour and sugar, then add some of the chocolate mixture to the bowl and stir until combined, then add that mixture to the double-boiler and cook until thickened. Add butter and vanilla and let cool. Spread onto cake. Top with vegan sprinkles.

Good lawd.

Jes


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Cornbread!

I have figured out what to do for wedding favors (or favor, in the singular, rather). I plan to share it with Philip this evening when he gets home from class. There's nothing better we could do for wedding favors, and I can't wait to share it with our wedding guests. I just hope they get it. It's a secret for now, but I will certainly share it here after our wedding.

The smell of cornbread filled our house about 2 weeks ago, and I've been meaning to share since then. Like I wrote before, I'm getting into an intensely busy time. October will be the absolute death of me for sure.

*sigh, breathe* Sweet Cornbread Cake. (There, all better.)

I have had a craving for cornbread since I went vegan, and possibly before that, so I sought to feed the beast inside me with the sweet, cakey, corny goodness. And I found the recipe here on VegWeb, which has never disappointed.

As you can tell, I got to the cornbread before the camera did :)

Philip, to my delighted surprise, ended up eating HALF of this wonderful cake, though he has professed in the past to not like cornbread. I had all of the ingredients on hand after buying the cornmeal on impulse.

Told you I'd make something with the $1.89 in cornmeal I bought on super-sale. Ha!

Jes