Have Your Cake and Vegan Too (26 page)

SERVINGS:
10 to 12

CHAPTER 5

Think Outside the Round Cakes

Cakes need not always be fancy rounds bedazzled with frosting or simple coffee cakes perfect for snacking on. They come in many shapes and sizes, and we're equal opportunity cake-consumers, so no cake is left out!

This rich brown sugar pound cake is dense, moist, and delectable. Topped with a delicious maple glaze, what more could you ask for?

 

INGREDIENTS

2 cups
all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons
baking powder
1/4
teaspoon
salt
1/2
cup
margarine, at room temperature
1 cup
firmly packed brown sugar
1/4
cup
unsweetened applesauce
1/2
cup
nondairy milk
1 tablespoon
molasses
1/2
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1 recipe
Maple Glaze (page 131)
1/2
cup
chopped walnuts (optional)

 

DIRECTIONS

 

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Lightly grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

 

In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and brown sugar until combined. Add the applesauce, milk, molasses, and vanilla and mix well. Incorporate half the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, blending until just mixed, then repeat with the other half. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.

 

Bake for 42 to 48 minutes, until brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 20 minutes. Run a butter knife around the edge of the pan and invert onto another cooling rack. Let cool completely before glazing.

 

Spread the glaze over the cooled cake and decorate with walnuts, if using. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

 

SERVINGS:
10

 

INGREDIENTS

1 cup
all-purpose flour
1/2
cup plus
1/4
cup
organic granulated sugar
1/2
teaspoon
baking powder
1/4
teaspoon
baking soda
a scant sprinkle
salt
1/4
cup
margarine, melted
1/2
cup
nondairy milk, warmed
1 medium
orange, zested, plus
1/2
cup juice
1
1/2
teaspoons
vanilla extract
1 tablespoon
cornstarch
1 cup
boiling water
powdered sugar for dusting

 

DIRECTIONS

 

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour an 8-inch square pan or other small baking dish.

 

To make the cake, in a small bowl, combine the flour, the
1/2
cup sugar, the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add the margarine, milk, orange zest, and vanilla. Mix until just combined. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. It will seem like there isn't much batter; this is normal. In a small bowl, combine the remaining
^1/4
cup sugar and the cornstarch until there are no lumps. Sprinkle this over the top of the batter. In a small bowl, combine the orange juice and water and pour over the top of the batter. Do not stir. At this point you will question whether I'm crazy.