Love is in the air!!! It's almost Valentine's Day and today I want to share with you a special recipe, this amazing vegan gluten free chocolate cake with soy whipped cream and chocolate hearts, ohhh myyy! You NEED to try this cake!
It's a super simple recipe, you only have to make a chocolate cake and add the whipped cream and the chocolate hearts on top, easy peasy! If you can't find the chocolate hearts, add chocolate chips, chopped chocolate or whatever. It's okay if you only add whipped cream.
The cake is also great for birthdays, parties or any special occasion, although it's so delicious you don't need any reason to make it.
I used teff flour, rice flour and potato starch to make the cake, but there are so many flours and starches you can use. It's okay if you use white or whole wheat flour or other gluten flour. If you're a celiac or follow a gluten free diet and you prefer to use other flours, you should read my guide to gluten free flours to know what flours you can use instead. If you use other flours and the batter is too thick, add more liquid and if it's too liquid, add more flour.
I usually use soy whipped cream because here in Spain is hard to find another kind of vegan whipped cream. I've tried to make coconut whipped cream with coconut milk, but the milk I can buy here doesn't work because it's made with coconut extract and a lot of water. Fortunately, I found a coconut milk made with coconut and water a few days ago and I hope it works.
If you can't find the chocolate hearts, don't worry, there are so many things you can use instead, like chocolate chips, candy, fruit, chocolate syrup, nuts, seeds, or your favorite foods.
Many people avoid extra virgin olive oil to make sweet recipes because it has an intense flavor, but I love it, maybe because I'm Spanish and we use it to make all kinds of recipes. Coconut oil is a great choice, although there are many oils you can use. Avoid refined oils please, they're so unhealthy.
Coconut sugar, maple syrup and dates are my favorite sweeteners. Maple syrup is really expensive in my country, so I have to use agave syrup instead, I like it, but maple syrup tastes awesome! Feel free to use other sweeteners when you make the cake, although maybe you'll need to add more flour or liquid if you don't use similar sweeteners (for example, if you use a syrup or molasses instead of the coconut sugar you'll probably need to add more flour because the batter will be too liquid).
I've been using carob powder instead of cocoa powder and it tastes so good and is also healthier, but I prefer cocoa powder, I LOVE its flavor, although carob powder is a great choice and is caffeine-free.
To replace the eggs you can use mashed bananas as I did or applesauce, chia or flax seeds, pumpkin puree, tofu or any other egg replacer.
If you make this vegan gluten free chocolate cake for your husband/ wife/ boyfriend/ girlfriend or for a friend or a relative, please leave a comment or tag a picture #simpleveganblog on Instagram or any other social network. Happy Valentine's Day!
Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup teff flour
- ½ cup rice flour
- ½ cup potato starch
- ½ cup carob or unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 bananas
- 1 cup orange juice
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup agave syrup
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- Vegan whipped cream
- Chocolate hearts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 180 ºC or 355 ºF. Grease the sides of a cake pan with oil. Place a sheet of parchment paper on the bottom of the cake pan (I use a cake pan with removable bottom, but it's not necessary).
- Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl (teff flour, rice flour, potato starch, carob powder, baking soda and baking powder). Mix well.
- Place the rest of the ingredients in a blender (bananas, orange juice, oil, agave syrup and coconut sugar). Blend until smooth.
- Combine the dry and wet ingredients and pour the mixture into the cake pan.
- Bake for 25 or 30 minutes. Let cool the cake before unmolding.
- Frost the cake with the whipped cream and decorate with the chocolate hearts.
Jill K says
Reduced the recipe to try it out before using it as a base for a gf,dairy-free ice cream birthday cake. I reduced the recipe by 4 which made 2 jumbo muffin sized cakes. I substituted tapioca starch instead of potato (since I have a potato sensitivity) and applesauce (ditto on bananas). I also used maple syrup instead of agave. It came out very good. It was a little dry, but I think I cooked it a bit too long. When making the full recipe, what size pan do you use?
Iosune says
Hi Jill! We used a 8 2/3 ” or 22 cm pan in diameter. Have a nice day!
Anna says
Hi, any other flower instead of the teff, there is none where i live...
Iosune says
Hi Anna! There are so many flours you can use, you should read my guide to gluten free flours: http://simpleveganblog.com/gluten-free-flours/ 🙂
Nesha Johnson says
Woww…It’s Very easy and quick. I LOVE your recipe. Thanx for Sharing this recipes. I made it and it was so yummy.Everyone loved this Gluten Free Chocolate Cake,your cake looks so wonderful, so yummy, and I will be making this again! https://bit.ly/1P5M0wj
Iosune says
Hi Nesha! I'm glad you liked it 😀
Alice says
I made the cake and although I made the mistake of forgetting to measure the oil and orange juice in ml instead of in grams, the cake came out perfectly after 10 minutes longer on 170 C. I had replaced the flowers you mentioned by plain flour except for 40 gr. of chickpea flower (as it gives a nice crumbly texture). It tasted very good. I made the cake for my daughter's birthday and it was a success by the guests. They were of the opinion that you could not taste the difference with a usual cake with eggs, butter and cream. I think it tasted better 🙂 I decorated it with a mixture of powerfood that can be bought here in the supermarket (cranberries, cojiberries, mulberries, pumpkin seeds). This looked very festive, a bit Christmasy, and really attributed to the taste as well. As variations for the next time I am thinking of adding dried cherries soaked in kirsch or ginger on syrup. Thank you very much for this recipe!
Iosune says
Hi Alice! I'm sooo glad you liked it!!! Your variations sound great, thanks a lot for the ideas!
Krystal says
This cake looks fabulous! I am also a blogger in Spain. I follow a gluten free diet. I am just curious where do you get teff flour? I have wanted to try it for ages but they don't stock it in my health food shop. I live in the Valencia region. Is there an online shop where I can find gluten free flours? Thank you!
Iosune says
Hi Krystal! I'm Spanish and I live in Málaga 🙂 A Spanish company sent me the flour to make a sponsored post (https://www.conasi.eu/harinas/311-harina-de-teff.html), but you can find other gluten free flours on this web 🙂
June Burns says
That looks delicious! The flours you used sound very interesting, never heard of teff before!
Iosune says
Hi June! Thanks a lot 🙂 I love teff flour, it has an amazing flavor 😀
Natalie @ Feasting on Fruit says
This cake is gorgeous!!! I love that you use ingredients that aren't traditional, like the orange juice and bananas and olive oil. I've experimented with carob too, but in the end I'm still a cacao/cocoa girl 😀 You're blog is one of my absolute favorites and you're photos are stunning, so thank you <3
Iosune says
Hi Natalie! I'm a cocoa girl too, I couldn't live without it!!! Thanks a lot for your kind words 😉
Alice says
Thanks for the info!
Iosune says
You're welcome! 😀
alice says
.. that is for 2 tablespoons of flax seeds + 6 tablespoons of water.
Alice says
Sorry I saw in your recipe for chocolate orange cake that: You can use: 2 bananas or 7 ounces/200 grams applesauce instead of flax eggs (flax seeds + water). Thanks.
Alice says
I am planning on making this recipe, it looks very enticing. You said you used apple sauce instead of bananas. How much apple sauce did you use? And how much flax seed would you advice?
Iosune says
Hi Alice! I would use about 1 cup of applesauce (240g) or 3 or 4 tbsp of flax egss (1 flax egg = 1 tbsp flax seeds + 3 tbsp water) 🙂 I hope you like it!
Levan @ MyWifeMakes.com says
OMG I want this cake NOWWWW! Looks amazing, great job!!
Iosune says
Thanks a lot Levan!!!! <3