It's finally summertime, which means, among other things, that there are lots of picnics and parties to attend. This can be particularly difficult for me. For one thing, the smell of burgers on a grill makes me salivate. I mean, I may not like where it comes from, but that doesn't mean I don't miss the taste. I love me a burger. well.. loved. I don't love it enough to go back, but alas. Picnics are so food-centered, and outside of a fruit salad, there is rarely anything for a vegan to eat. One way to combat this is to just bring your own dish, so that you'll have at least something to chow down on. In my case, I'll bring a dessert, and after I eat half the thing, I will have the excuse of it being the only thing there for me to eat! ha.
This is a chocolate orange bundt cake that is perfect to share. I mean, who doesn't love a bundt? Plus, it doesn't taste vegan so once again, you can show people that an animal free diet doesn't equal weirdness. I found this recipe at http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/.
Chocolate Orange Bundt Cake
1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup soy yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
Chocolate Icing:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
2 teaspoons orange juice
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
plus extra orange juice as needed
Orange Icing:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon orange juice
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
plus extra orange juice as needed
Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a Bundt cake pan with non-stick spray and dust it lightly with unsweetened cocoa.
Combine the flours, sugar, baking soda, salt, cocoa, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Add the yogurt, vanilla, balsamic vinegar, water, and orange juice. Beat by hand or with a mixer on low speed just until well-combined, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in the grated orange peel, and pour into the prepared pan.
Bake for about 30-40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then invert it onto a serving platter and cool completely.
When the cake is cool, make the icings. For each icing, mix the ingredients in separate small bowls. One half teaspoon at a time, stir in enough extra orange juice to make a drizzling consistency. Drizzle the chocolate icing over the cake, wait a few minutes for it to set, and then drizzle the orange icing.
Delish! Enjoy :)
