Chocolate Truffle Cake

Name: Chocolate Truffle Cake
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons vegan butter, melted; 3 tablespoons nondairy milk, plus more if needed; ¼ teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons vegan butter, softened; ⅔ cup granulated natural sugar; 1 cup nondairy milk; 1½ cups Confectioners’ sugar, plus more if needed; ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; 1½ teaspoons baking powder

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker

By Robin Robertson

Published 2012

About

This dense chocolate cake is rich and fudgy, so even a small piece will satisfy. This recipe can be made either directly in the insert of a 4-quart round cooker or in a small baking pan set inside a 6-quart oval cooker. For soy-free, use a soy-free vegan butter and soy-free nondairy milk.

Ingredients

Cake

1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1½

Cake
Vegan

Method

If using a 4-quart slow cooker, place a round of parchment paper, cut to fit, in the bottom of the slow cooker insert. Coat the parchment and sides of the cooker with nonstick cooking spray. If using a 6-quart slow cooker, place a rack, trivet, or a ring of crumpled aluminum foi