יום שני, ספטמבר 07, 2009

Chocolate Cake!! Dairy-free (parve)

Among the challenges of the kosher cook is baking without butter or sour cream or milk. Not because these items are not kosher but because you then have a super tasty cake that must be paired with a dairy meal. (Can't follow a meat meal with a dairy dessert immediately.) So you are left with tweaking either a luscious dairy cake with substitutes or tweaking a "kosher cookbook" cake that is just not that wonderful because it is intended for the hassled mother of 5 making Shabbat dinner for 17 guests.

Here is a cake that to my mind strikes a nice balance. I drastically cut the time listed in the cookbook and added cocoa and salt. Enjoy and please leave comments.

Chocolate Cake!!!!

  • 2 ¼ C Flour (I use 70-30 whole wheat. For WW, remove 1/2 a tbsp for each cup)
  • 2 C Sugar (I use light brown)
  • ¾ C cocoa (plus a bit more for good luck)
  • 1 C oil
  • 1 ¼ C good, fresh, hot coffee
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 4 eggs (I use 3 + a white)
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Preheat your oven to 325 F (If you need to convert between F & C use http://joshmadison.com/software/convert-for-windows/ because it is wonderful.)

Put everything in a big bowl and mix. You can do this by hand.

Pour in a greased and floured pan and place in the oven for about 35-40 mins. You can also use two layer pans and then have fun with the filling. Use the toothpick test to check it.

Cool and eat.

Now wasn’t that easy?

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posted by YS @ 5:14 אחה״צ