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Vegan chocolate, orange and almond cake

This amazing cake recipe is dairy free and egg free. It has a very nice and tarty taste of orange.
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Keyword: cake, chocolate cake, vegan
Servings: 12 people
Author: Sandy Gomezcoello

Equipment

  • Bowls
  • Whisk
  • Blender
  • Oven
  • Moulds
  • Cake turntable

Ingredients

  • 150 gr All purpose Flour
  • 105 gr Almond Flour
  • 45 gr Cornflour
  • 45 gr Cacao powder
  • 100 gr Xylitol
  • 135 gr Brown sugar
  • 2 tsp Bicarb
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 45 gr Olive oil
  • 45 gr Cacao butter
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp Almond extract
  • 11/2 tsp Apple vinegar
  • 375 ml Water
  • 135 ml Orange juice
  • 90 gr Roasted almonds chopped
  • 8 gr Orange zest

Chocolate and orange ganache

  • 150 gr Orange juice
  • 30 gr Agave syrup
  • 20 gr Glucose
  • 1 gr Salt
  • 5 gr Orange zest
  • 300 gr Dark chocolate 70%

Caramelized almonds

  • 100 gr Almonds
  • 100 gr Icing sugar

Decorations

  • 50 gr Strawberries
  • 50 gr Orange segments
  • n/a Mint

Instructions

  • Mix all the dry ingredients, flours, cacao powder, bicarb, salt, chopped almonds, orange zest, sugars.
  • In another coantainer mix the olive oil and the melted cacao butter, the orange juice, water, apple vinegar, vanilla and almond extract.
  • Mix all the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients.
  • Prep 3 moulds adding baking paper to the bottom of each mould.
  • Weigh the amount of batter and divide into 3 moulds equaly.
  • Bake in a pre-heat oven at 180°C for about 35 minute.
  • After 35 minutes take them out of the oven and let them cool down complety before you unmould them.

Orange and chocolate Ganache

  • Add into a container the orange juice, orange zest and sugars.
  • Heat in the microwave for a few seconds
  • Add into another container the dark chocolate and semimelt in the microwave.
  • Using a blender mix both mixes and emulsify.
  • Blend until you obtain a nice and smooth ganache.
  • Add it into a container and let ir cool down for about 30 minutes.

Caramelized almonds

  • Roast the chopped almonds until they are nice and roasted.
  • Add the icing sugar, using a wooden spoon keep mixing until the are caramelized.
  • Put the caramelized almonds on top of a silpat or baking paper and let them cool down.

Assemble the cake

  • Add one layer of vegan cake on top of a cake board.
  • Using a piping bag with a plain nozzle add the orange and chocolate ganache into it.
  • Add it into the first layer of vegan cake in a spiral shape.
  • Usinga small spatula spread the ganache around the first layer.
  • Add caramelized almonds around on top of the ganache.
  • Add another layer of vegan chocolate cake.
  • Repit the process, adding ganache and then caramelized almonds.
  • Add the last layer of vegan chocolate cake and repit the process, adding the ganache and caramelized almonds.
  • Add a few dots of the ganache around the cake, add the strawberries, orange slices and mint.

Notes

This recipe is a tree layer vegan chocolate cake recipe.