Incredibly Moist Vegan Chocolate Sweet Potato Cake
Here’s the recipe for vegan sweet potato cake.
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For my 22nd birthday I wanted to make a chocolate cake, because it’s a tradition of mine to have a chocolate cake every year on my birthday.
I was inspired by my chocolate sweet potato brownies to make this chocolate sweet potato cake. The sweet potato brownies turned out super fudgy and delicious, so I wanted to create a recipe for chocolate cake using sweet potato as the main ingredient. Sweet potato adds a nice texture to recipes, which is why it’s a great ingredient to use when baking desserts. Here’s the ingredients.
Ingredients
- Oat Flour: The first ingredient you need to make this gooey chocolate cake is oat flour. Blend rolled oats in a blender to make oat flour. This recipe calls for 1 cup of oat flour.
- Baking Soda: The next ingredient you need is baking soda. This recipe calls for 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
- Baking Powder: The next ingredient you need is baking powder. This recipe calls for 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- Vanilla Extract: Next, you need vanilla extract. This recipe calls for 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Cocoa Powder: The next ingredient you need is cocoa powder. I used Hershey’s Unsweetened Cocoa Powder. Cocoa powder adds a strong chocolate flavor to this chocolate cake recipe.
- Applesauce: The next ingredient is applesauce. This recipe calls for 1/2 cup of applesauce. I used unsweetened applesauce.
- Creamy Peanut Butter: Next, you need creamy peanut butter. Feel free to use crunchy peanut butter instead. This recipe calls for 2 tbsp of creamy peanut butter. Peanut butter makes the chocolate fudgy and delicious.
- Maple Syrup: To sweeten this chocolate sweet potato cake, you need 2 tbsp of maple syrup. I like using maple syrup because it’s super sweet and adds the perfect amount of sweetness to any recipe.
- Sweet Potato: The next ingredient you need is sweet potato. This recipe calls for 1/2 cup of sweet potato.
- Truvia: The next ingredient you need is truvia. This recipe calls for 2 tbsp of truvia, but feel free to use an alternative sweetener, or additional maple syrup.
- Almond Milk: The last ingredient you need is almond milk, or a nut milk of your choice.
Vegan Chocolate Sweet Potato Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup mashed sweet potato
- 2 tbsp truvia
- 1/4 cup almond milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Combine dry ingredients in one bowl: oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, unsweetened cocoa powder, and truvia
- Combine all wet ingredients except almond milk to a food processor: vanilla extract, applesauce, pure maple syrup, and mashed sweet potato
- Blend wet ingredients in food processor
- Add the dry ingredients to the food processor and blend
- Lastly, add the 1/4 cup almond milk to the food processor to form a thick and creamy consistency
- Spray pie pan with olive oil spray
- Bake in oven at 350° for 30 minutes
- Let chill for 30-60 minutes and enjoy!
Notes
This chocolate cake turned out incredible. It was gooey, fudgy, and moist. I highly recommend making this cake if you’re in need of a delicious chocolate cake recipe. It’s sweet, and perfect with a dollop of whip cream and ice cream on top. I topped my cake with vegan salted caramel ice cream and coco whip.
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