Постный торт

Рождественский пост на дворе, а у ребенка именины. что делать? пироги уже надоели, торт с вареньем в качестве прослойки тоже не впечатляет...
На помощь пришли веганы. Вот пару из проверянных рецептов шоколадного торта. Готовили вместе с Катей - легко и быстро, а главное, оказалось очень вкусно. Так что побалуйте себя и своих близких сладеньким в новогоднюю ночь :)

Vegan Chocolate Cake #1

INGREDIENTS (NB: for 2 layers cake (like in the picture) double ingredients)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1 cup water

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the oil, vanilla, vinegar and water. Mix together until smooth.
Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Rich Chocolate cake #2


Ingredients
3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup all purp unbleached flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup good cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup plain soymilk
1/2 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cups pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla


Directions
Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9 inch springform pan with non stick cooking spray.

Sift together flours and baking powder and baking soda.

In a saucepan, heat the soymilk on low-medium heat. When it is slightly bubbling, add the cocoa powder and wisk well until it is dissolved. Remove from heat.

Combine the other liquid ingredients in a bowl and whisk well. Add the cocoa mixture and combine. Add the wet ingredients to the dry.

Pour batter into prepared pan, bake at 350 F for 25 minutes until a toothpick or butter knife comes out clean. Let cool completely and frost with your favorite frosting.

Chocolate icing (my favorite - на 1-ой фото):

Ingredients:

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup 100% dark cocoa
1/4 cup soy milk (any flavor)
2 tbsp of margarine
1 tbsp veg oil
1/2 to 1 cup of powdered sugar
dash of salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
OPTIONAL - chocolate and/or coconut shavings

Directions:

Mix grandulated vegan sugar and dark cocoa in saucepan. Stir in soy milk, oil, salt and margarine and heat to boiling. Continue to boil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let mixture COOL completely.

After mixture is cool, stir in vanilla. Beat in the powdered vegan sugar a little at a time until desired consistency is reached.

Feel free to add coconut shreds or chocolate shavings in the frosting, or simply sprinkle on top of frosted cake. Sprinkling powdered vegan sugar on top of the chocolate frosted cake is also attractive.

Frosts one 9 inch cake.