Vegan Chestnut Cake
A delicious autumn cake with chestnut puree.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time50 minutes mins
Servings: 1 Cake
Author: Verena Frei
- 300 g flour e.g. wheat or spelt
- 150 g ground almonds or hazelnuts
- 25 g cornstarch
- 150 g cane sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 350 g chestnut puree
- 200 ml plant based milk e.g. soy, oat
- 120 ml neutral oil e.g. Rapeseed or coconut oil, liquid
- 100 ml sparkling water
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 100 g dark chocolate
- almonds for decoration
Put all dry ingredients (flour to baking soda) in a bowl and mix - set aside
Mix the remaining ingredients in a second bowl, then gradually mix in the dry ingredients until everything is mixed (do not stir too long so that the dough remains fluffy)
Heat the oven to 180 degrees
Grease and flour a 26-28 cm cake pan
Pour in the dough and bake for approx. 50-60 minutes - do a stick test
Let cool, then melt the chocolate and pour over the cake
Sprinkle with chopped almonds