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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 Time
40
minutes
mins
Cook Time
35
minutes
mins
Total Time
1
hour
hr
15
minutes
mins
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.