Vegetarian Cake Recipes
Meat-free (and gelatin-free) cakes for every occasion — chocolate bundts, mug cakes, olive oil cakes, and layered birthday classics.
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Trazia RaeIngredients
- 1-3/4 Flour
- 2 cups Sugar
- 3/4 cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Espresso powder
- 1 cup Coffee
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Melted butter
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla bean paste
Instructions
- 1Mix all your wet ingredients in one bowl.
- 2Mix all your dry ingredients in another.
- 3Slowly combined all ingredients together, grease a Bundt pan or cake pan really well, pour in the batter and bake on 350° for 40-45 minutes until you can stick a knife in and it comes out clean :) top with your favorite icing and enjoy!
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Open in Pepper →The Cake Aisle, No Compromises
Most cakes are already vegetarian — but the sneaky ones use gelatin in the frosting or lard in the batter. This collection filters those out.
Cooks on Pepper come back to this collection because every recipe is confirmed vegetarian and covers the whole range: chocolate lava, olive oil, layered birthday, and mug cake.
Every recipe here works for the potluck, the birthday, or the after-dinner craving — no gelatin, no lard, just flour, sugar, butter, and eggs.
Quick Tips
- 1
Room-temperature butter
Cold butter won't cream properly — leave it out an hour before you start.
- 2
Weigh the flour
Cups of flour vary by 30% depending on how you scoop — a scale is worth $15.
- 3
Don't overmix once flour's in
Overmixing develops gluten and toughens the crumb — fold gently until just combined.
- 4
Toothpick a minute early
Cakes finish carrying over — pull them when the toothpick has moist crumbs, not wet batter.
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