So this time I made what I call 'Sinful Cake Brownie.' Except it's not sinful cuz nothing needs to die or be hurt to make it! Kidding! Not really. Heh. Vegans.
And it's kinda good for you!
You will need the following:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (I like dutch-press but any kind'll do)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/4 cups vegan sugar
1/2 cup vegan margarine
3/4 cup coffee (room temp. or cooler)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
4 squares chopped Baker's semisweet chocolate or 1/3 cup vegan chocolate chips
1/3 cup oats
1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional)
The Procedure
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Oil (I sprayed it with PAM but they also have Smart Balance PAM stuff or you could smear it with some margarine in a pinch) a cake pan (go with a deepish one if you can. Otherwise do a normal 8-inch brownie pan)
In a large bowl mix your flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In an electric mixter cream the sugar and margarine. Slowly add the coffee (make sure it's cooled or it'll melt the butter!) and vanilla extract. Then fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Fold in the chocolate, oats, and chia.
Scrape the batter into your prepared cake pan and bake for 40 minutes. A good way of telling if it's done is prick the center with a fork and if the tines come out with clumped cake-y stuff on them it's good. If the tines come out with oozy batter on them then keep baking. If the tines come out clean, then, well, I'm sorry. Your cake is overcooked and will be dry. Not my fault.
If you want to serve the cake brownie to others then wait for 30 minutes before cutting into it or else it'll crumble.
If you're eating alone then just wait until it's cool enough to not burn your tongue and have at it because let's face it-you just made a damn good cake brownie. Keep telling yourself the oats make it good for you, that'll allow you to rationalize seconds ;)
I like to pour chocolate soymilk over my cake to cut the richness and if you're being fancy then maybe you can pour the soymilk around the sides while serving slices on petite little saucers. So you're fancy AND a good cook AND a vegan-basically the whole package, sister.
