Hungry for some chocolate cake but wanting a vegan option? Check out this Chocolate Slice Recipe!! It’s gluten-free, vegan, and deliciously chocolatey!
Because this recipe is made with flax and not eggs you will find that you have a ‘shorter’ version of a cake…therefore, it’s a slice!
Chocolate Slice Recipe (Vegan, Gluten-Free)
- Yield: 9 inch cake 1x
Ingredients
Scale
150 ml coconut oil (plus more to grease cake tin)
50 gm good quality cocoa powder
125 ml boiled water
2 tsp vanilla extract
150 gm almond flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 pinch of salt
100 ml maple syrup
3 flax eggs (1 flax egg = 1 tbsp of ground flax & 3 tbsp of water)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170oc/150oc fan oven & grease a 9inch springform tin with some of the oil, line the base of the cake tin with baking paper
- Measure & sift the cocoa powder into a bowl & whisk in the boiling water to make a runny paste
- Add the vanilla extract and leave aside to cool
- Taking a new bowl combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda & salt
- In a food processor, use the paddle attachment (or use a bowl & hand whisk), beat the flax eggs, oil & maple syrup to a thick pale cream
- Turn down the speed & add the cocoa paste, continuing to whisk
- Scrape down the sides and continue whisking but adding the flour mixture
- Once the flour is fully combined, scrape all contents into the prepared tin
- Bake for 40-45 minutes until the sides are set and the centre slightly damp
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack and then use a spatula to remove from tin to slice & serve
Notes
Feel free to try alternative flours adjusting the quantity accordingly, I’ve made this using 30g of teff flour an ancient gluten-free nutty like grain
