Do you have a vegan red velvet cake recipe? I don't remember if you have done this or not.

Thanks.
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Debbie

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne

I did find this one online, but haven't tried it:

http://www.all-creatures.org/cva/th-20070214-t.htm

The Best Red Velvet Cake
Serves: 10

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Batter Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups unbleached flour

1 1/2 cups turbinado or other natural sugar

1 stick of softened margarine (vegan) ( 1 stick is 1/2 cup)

1 cup soymilk

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

2 tablespoon cocoa powder unsweetened

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vinegar

2 ounces vegan red food coloring (or beet juice) (1/4 cup)

Frosting Ingredients:

1 cup confectioner's sugar (organic)

8 oz. vegan "cream cheese"

1 stick margarine

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 to 1 cup vanilla soymilk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a cup pour the milk and add the lemon juice. Let sit while preparing the next dew ingredients. This makes buttermilk. Cream together the margarine, vegan sugar and then add the applesauce and flour.

In a small bowl mix together cocoa and food coloring to form a slight paste. Add it to the creamed mixture. Mix the salt and flour together and add it to the batter alternating with the buttermilk in three batches, mixing after each addition. Add vanilla extract. Mix in baking soda and vinegar. Pour batter into 2 greased cake pans (I used round) and bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Frosting:

Mix softened cream cheese and margarine together. Add vegan sugar vanilla and soymilk. Mixture will be very soft (almost a glue-like texture). After cake cools slightly put one layer on a plate and pour some frosting over so that it runs down the sides. Let cool a little more and add the next layer and repeat process.

Last Edited on 22-May-2008 5:38 PM

I've always gagged at the thought of using so much food coloring in a cake recipe. Maybe I have too many bad memories of the old red dye #5 days, and the awful taste it left in things.

That's why I asked if my friends, the vegan kitchen divas, have a solution for the red coloring? :-)

I will watch out for it, Bryanna and thank you so much.
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Debbie

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne

I saw the beet powder on the Surfas site. Thanks. Do you think it will affect the taste of the cake? What else can you use beet powder for?

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Debbie

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne

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Debbie

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne

It is a dark pink color, rather than red.

Last Edited on 23-May-2008 2:01 PM

Mimi
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