Vegan Vanilla Cake with Chai Spice Icing

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 1/4 tsp Ginger

• Refrigerated

  • 1 5/8 cups Almond milk

• Canned Goods

  • 1/2 cup Applesauce, unsweetened

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Pinch Cloves
  • 2 1/2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups Raw cane sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 2 tsp Apple cider vinegar

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter, dairy-free

Found on thealmondeater.com

Description

Ingredients

• 2½ cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1½ cups raw cane sugar
• ½ cup dairy free butter (I use Earth Balance)
• 1½ cups almond milk
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• For the icing:
• 2½ cups powdered sugar
• ½ cup dairy free butter
• 2 tbsp almond milk
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp ginger
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of cloves, all spice and cardamom

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar together; add milk, applesauce, vinegar, and vanilla to that bowl and stir to combine.
• Combine wet and dry ingredients and stir until everything is mixed together, being careful not to over-stir.
• Grease three 6 cake pans with nonstick spray or coconut oil and then pour batter evenly into pans, banging them on the countertop a few times so the batter evens out.
• Bake cakes for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Once cakes are done, leave them in the pans for 10 minutes before carefully transferring them onto a cooling rack. Wait until cakes are completely cook before icing them.
• For the icing: cream powdered sugar and butter together; add milk, vanilla and spices to the bowl and mix with an electric mixer until everything is smooth.
• To assemble: Once the cakes have cooked, remove the dome from each cake so that the tops of the cakes are flat. Next, ice the top of one of those cakes using a generous amount of icing and then place a second cake overtop, using the icing as glue to hold them together. Repeat this again for the third and final layer. Last, ice the top and sides of the cake.
• Cut and enjoy!