Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Chocolate Cake With Carmel Drizzle!


Got a sweet tooth? We do.

Ingredients:

For the cake:
2 Cups soy milk or almond milk
2 Tsp. white vinegar
1 1/2 Cups sugar
2/3 Cup Canola oil
2 Tsp. vanilla extract
1 Tsp. almond extract
2 Cups all-purpose flour
2/3 Cup fair trade cocoa powder
1 1/2 Tsp. baking soda
1 Tsp. baking powder
1/2 Tsp. Salt

Frosting:
1/4 Cup soy creamer (french vanilla works great!)
3 1/2 Cup powdered sugar
1/2 Cup non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening
1/2 Cup non-hydrogenated margarine
1 Tsp. Vanilla extract

Carmel Drizzle:
2 Cups brown sugar
1/2 Cup Margerine (earth ballance)
3/4 cup Soy creamer
2 Tbsp. Arrowroot powder

For the cake:
Preheat the oven to 350 F
Combine the white vinegar and the soymilk in a small bowl and allow to curdle for a few minutes. Meanwhile, sift all of you dry ingredients together in a large bowl. After you have done this, add the canola oil, vanilla extract, and almond extract to the milk mixture.
Add the liquids to your sifted flour mixture and whisk! You can do this the old fasion way and build some nice muscle, or you can use electric beaters.
Spray two 9 inch cake pans and divide the mixture evenly. Pop them in the oven for about 25 minuets and check with tooth picks to make sure they come out clean.
Cool them untill they are cool to the touch.

Frosting:
Add the shortening and margarine to a large bowl and cream together with electric beaters.
Once the mixture is smooth, add the rest of the ingredients and cream together untill the mixture starts getting nice and fluffy, taste it to make sure its delicious! Once the cake is done cooling, put one cake patty on a nice, presentable plate, and frost it! add the carmel drizzle in between layers and on top once your done frosting! Decorate how ever you would like!

Carmel Drizzle:
Add the arrowroot powder and 1/4 cup of the creamer together and set aside
Add the margarine to a sauce pan and melt. Then add the brown sugar, and remaining soymilk and bring to a boil, stirring constantly for about 5 minuets.
Remove from heat and add the arrowroot soymilk mixture and it will thicken up.
Add this to the cake while its still hot for easy drizzlidge!

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