The Sunday Panics.
Do you get the Sunday Panics? ย Let me describe the symptoms and you can tell me whether or not I’m a strangebird, or if you relate. ย The Sunday Panics are most often characterized by: ย afternoon over-caffeination,ย tremendous amounts of NOT quality time spent on Twitter, a kitchen full of dirty dishes, a lengthy and daunting weekly to-do list, a fair amount of brain worry, possible nail biting, an intense desire for take-out Chinese food, and low motivation coupled with nagging laziness guilt.
Do you ever get the Sunday Panics?
Yea…. me neither. ย Of course not.
…except I totally do.
I’ve developed a cure for the Sunday Panics.
Movement! Up. Up. ย UP!! ย In the kitchen. ย Make a super easy cake. ย Definitely do the dishes. ย Make the to-do list for the week, then set it aside to rest until Monday morning. ย Write some greeting cards for friends. ย Call your mama. ย Enjoy cake during a several hour marathon of Grey’s Anatomy or Downton Abbey. ย When all else fails… try bourbon in the shower and an early bedtime. ย Give those Sunday Panics the boot!
This chocolate cake is a total godsend.
It’s designed to be made with ingredients you already have in your kitchen. ย The Sunday Panics aren’t easy to combat… and a trip to the store is not going to calm our nerves.
If you have cocoa powder and vegetable oil… this cake is yours!
I added dark chocolate chunks and cocoa nibs because they were lingering in my pantry. ย Lingering like chocolate always lingers.
Want to know a trick? ย Grease a bundt pan with vegetable shortening and… instead of dusting it with flour, try cocoa powder!
When the cake comes out of the pan, there will be no white flour powder! ย Just chocolate. ย Just cake.
This is our everyday chocolate cake.
It’s always super comforting when we can turn what’s in our pantry into a warm, moist, flavorful chocolate treat without softening butter, cracking eggs, or running to the store.
This cake is a tool. ย It combats the impulsive sweet tooth, the accidental grumpies, and the Sunday Panic. ย Consider yourself armed.
ps. ย Real Life.
ย Simple Vegan Chocolate Cake
makes 1 9-inch chocolate bundt cake
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup dutch processed cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm coffee
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
small handful of chocolate chunks and/or cocoa nibs (optional)
Place rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. ย Grease a 9-inch bundt pan with vegetable shortening and dust with cocoa powder. ย Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. ย In a medium bowl, whisk together coffee, oil, and vanilla.
Add the wet ingredients, all at once to the dry ingredients and whisk until just combined. ย Stir in chocolate chunks and cocoa nibs, if using.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. ย The batter will be relatively thick. ย Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely. ย Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
Cake will last, well wrapped at room temperature, for up to 3 days. ย
293 Responses
This is an awesome recipe. Can I substitute Earth balance butter (vegan/dairyfree) for oil?
Still making the cake 10 years later – so good!
This Simple Vegan Chocolate Cake recipe is fantastic, I love that itโs made with easy-to-find ingredients and doesnโt require any fancy techniques. The cake looks incredibly moist and rich, and itโs great to see a vegan recipe that doesnโt sacrifice flavor or texture. The frosting adds the perfect finishing touch. This is definitely a go-to recipe for when I need a quick and satisfying dessert that everyone can enjoy. Thanks for sharing such a versatile and delicious recipe.
A tip for putting the dough even more “together”, as if it had eggs: add, to the liquid (the coffee, for example), about three tablespoons of arrowroot. ;) It’s a great egg replacement.
Delicious is my favorite cake for over 10 years and i still love it! ?? i always loose the website and then ended up finding you always ??
Easy to follow recipe
This cake is ridiculously delicious. Iโve made it so many times Iโve lost count. Iโm not vegan but my bf is and I actually prefer this to a โregularโ chocolate cake.
This recipe worked great for Chocolate Vegan Cupcakes. I have great success with her recipes, some are the Vegan Pumpkin Bread and her Biscotti recipes.
I don’t think I’ve ever left you a comment, but this recipe became my go to chocolate cake recipe for one year and everybody always loves it. I just replace the vanilla by almond essence because I prefer, and substitute coffee by water because I am a bit lazy !
Thanks so much for sharing this !
I’ve just tried this, and it worked out great. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Hello Joy!
This cake looks amazing,but i have a question..
Could i substitute the sugar for honey?
I’m not a fan of sugar at all!
Thank you!
Adding honey will change the moisture of the cake and make the cake more dense. I have not tested this recipe with honey, so I would recommend finding a chocolate cake with honey instead.
Sadly, a total failure.
the batter was too firm to mix, it burned before it had a chance to rise, it was not fun trying to get the baking pan clean. Oh my, so much for my high hopes.