No-Bake Chocolate Cake
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I'm going to show you how to make an easy and delicious no-bake chocolate cake in 30 minutes without an oven that's also dairy-free and vegan!
Author: The Edgy Veg
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
Cake:
- 2¼ cups vegan-friendly tea biscuits or arrowroot cookies, broken into small 1 to 2 cm in size (not crumbs)
- ½ cup softened vegan-friendly unsalted butter or margarine
- ¼ cup agave or corn syrup
- ⅔ cup dairy-free dark chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp coconut cream, warm
Ganache:
- ¾ cup dairy-free dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup coconut cream
Instructions
- Grease and line a 6-inch springform pan with parchment or cling film.
- In a stand mixer or a bowl with a hand mixer, cream together with syrup and vegan butter or margarine.
- Melt the ⅔ cups of chocolate chips in the microwave at 30-second intervals.
- Pour melted chocolate over the vegan butter mixture, and mix thoroughly.
- Stir in 2 tbsp coconut cream and broken cookies. Stir until everything is well coated in chocolate.
- Add chocolate/cookie mixture to the prepared springform pan and press it with your wooden spoon or spatula to make it flat and even across the top.
- Chill the cake in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place ¾ cup of chocolate chips into a bowl, and set aside.
- Over medium heat, bring the coconut cream to a simmer. Remove from heat immediately.
- Pour the warm cream over the chocolate in the bowl, and stir to melt the chocolate. Congrats! you just made ganache!
- Place a wire cooling rack inside a baking tray.
- Remove the cake from the springform pan and place it onto the wire rack.
- Gently pour the ganache over the cake, making sure the sides are coated.
- Allow the cake to set and cool, before transferring it to a cake stand or dish.
- Decorate as desired with shaved, curled or chopped chocolate, and/or chopped cookies.
Hack it! Try stirring in marshmallows, dried fruit or nuts for a fun and tasty twist!
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 serving Calories: 431 Fat: 27g Carbohydrates: 38g Sugar: 19.1g Fiber: 3.2g Protein: 4g
Recipe by The Edgy Veg at https://www.theedgyveg.com/2021/09/22/no-bake-chocolate-cake/