This Vegan strawberry cake is a delicious alternative to traditional cakes. The fluffy moist vegan cake recipe is also suitable for those who are lactose intolerant.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Diet Low Lactose, Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings 10
Calories 861kcal
Author Robin Gagnon
Equipment
Hand mixer or Stand mixer
2-6 inch cake pans (2 inches tall) cake pans
Cake board and turntable
Angled spatula angled spatula
Ingredients
Vegan Strawberry Cake Batter Ingredients
2 ½cupsunbleached cake flourall-purpose flour will do, if that is what you have on-hand
1 ⅔cupsgranulated sugar
1 ½sticks vegan butter or ¾ cups of refined coconut oilvirgin would add coconut flavor which may overpower the strawberry taste
3tablespoonsground flaxseed½ cup water
1cupsoy milkalmond milk, coconut milk or other non-dairy milk of choice
½tablespoonstrawberry extract
2 ¼teaspoonbaking powder
¾teaspoonsalt
1cupfresh strawberries chopped and dusted with flourif you don't have fresh berries, thawed frozen strawberries will do
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease cake pans.
In a bowl combine the ground flaxseed and water and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
In a separate large mixing bowl, mix the sugar and butter together until creamy. Add the flaxseed and mix. Whisk together the salt, flour and baking powder then add ½ the sugar mixture. Mix to combine, the add other half of the milk. Add the strawberry extract the remaining flour and milk.
Mix while scraping down the sides of the bowl, until well combined. Do not overmix. Don't spend more 2 minutes mixing if you want a fluffy cake.
Fold in the floured strawberries until covered.
Pour equal amounts into 2- 6 inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 43 mins. Check the cakes with a toothpick. It should come out clean, if not, bake an additional 2 mins.
Place the pans on a wire cooling rack for 10 minutes before removing the cakes and placing on the wire rack to cool completely.
Prepare the frosting:
Combine all the ingredients into 1 mixing bowl, fold several times to prevent the powdered sugar from flying out the bowl. Mix with the hand mixer until creamy and smooth.
Apply the frosting to fully cooled cake.
Notes
Vegan Strawberry Frosting: If you want to make a strawberry buttercream frosting I recommend adding freeze dried strawberry powder to the recipe above until you reach the shade of pink and intensity of strawberry flavor you desire. The powder can be purchased ready to use or you can pulse freeze dried strawberries in a blender until they are powdered.