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Vegan Chocolate Fudge Cake

Published: Nov 10, 2018 Modified: Mar 21, 2019 by Alison Andrews This post may contain affiliate links

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Vegan Chocolate Fudge Cake

Vegan chocolate fudge cake on a white cake stand.

This vegan chocolate fudge cake is two layers of pure fudgy chocolatey deliciousness topped with an equally fudgy chocolatey frosting!

It’s like chocolate cake was over there feeling all smug like it’s the best dessert, and then chocolate fudge cake comes over and knocks regular chocolate cake right out of the competition!

Well…. regular vegan chocolate cake is totally divine too, of course, but the difference between these desserts is the ‘fudge’ part. And how we create that fudge part is what makes this dessert the best darn thing you’ve ever tasted!

Step by step process photo collage of making vegan chocolate fudge cake. Vegan chocolate fudge cake layers cooling on a wire cooling rack.

What’s the difference between a vegan chocolate cake and a vegan chocolate fudge cake?

The ‘fudge’ part of a vegan chocolate fudge cake, is created by using vegan buttermilk instead of regular non-dairy milk and then adding in melted vegan chocolate to the batter before baking.

It creates extreme richness of flavor and heaps of moisture! So it’s not ‘light and fluffy’ or ‘spongey’ the way a regular chocolate cake would be, nice as that is. This is a little bit more dense and ultra moist.We also use heaps of cocoa powder so that it is rich chocolate flavor to the extreme.

It has all the fudginess you can dream of with mega chocolate flavor.

Vegan chocolate fudge cake with chocolate fudge frosting on a white cake stand. Vegan chocolate fudge cake with chocolate fudge frosting on a white cake stand.

The Frosting

And then we don’t stop there! The frosting also has melted chocolate poured into it and it is ultra thick and fudgy.

Decorate this cake with some more melted chocolate drizzled over the top and some chocolate shavings and you have a cake to remember.

Vegan chocolate fudge cake topped with chocolate fudge frosting on a white cake stand.

I used 9″ cake pans for this recipe so this is a very nice sized cake.

I have been experimenting with different cake sizes and our classic vegan chocolate cake was done in 7″ pans, our vegan German chocolate cake and vegan chocolate zucchini cake were in 8″ pans and now here we are with this vegan chocolate fudge cake in 9″ pans! Update: Since this cake was posted we’ve done the best vegan chocolate cake which can be made in either 8″ or 9″ cake pans. 

So this is a large cake and it can feed a crowd!

This was actually my first foray into 9″ cake pans and I must say I was a bit shocked that when you make cakes this size, your single layer wire cooling rack will NOT cut it. You need two of them! I had to go out and get an extra one. This cake is strictly one layer per cooling rack.

Vegan chocolate fudge cake on a white cake stand.

Reasons to love this vegan chocolate fudge cake! It is:

  • Fudgy
  • Mega Chocolatey
  • Ultra Moist
  • 2-Layers
  • Tall, dark and handsome!
  • Topped with a chocolate fudge frosting!

Keep it covered at room temperature and consume within a few days or stored in the fridge (covered) where it will keep for up to a week.

A slice of vegan chocolate fudge cake on a white plate. A slice of vegan chocolate fudge cake on a white plate.

Want more delicious vegan cake recipes?

Check out these great options:

  1. Vegan Lemon Cake
  2. Vegan Coconut Cake
  3. Vegan Vanilla Cake
  4. Vegan Chocolate Sheet Cake
  5. Vegan White Cake

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A slice of vegan chocolate fudge cake on a white plate. A slice of vegan chocolate fudge cake on a white plate with a cake fork.

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Vegan chocolate fudge cake

Vegan Chocolate Fudge Cake


★★★★★

5 from 7 reviews

  • Author: Loving It Vegan
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 12-14
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Description

Fudgy and super chocolatey vegan chocolate fudge cake topped with chocolate fudge frosting. Ultra moist, 2-layers and every kind of delicious!


Ingredients

For the Chocolate Fudge Cake:

  • 3 cups (375g) All Purpose Flour
  • 1 cup (84g) Cocoa Powder (Unsweetened)
  • 2 cups (400g) White Sugar
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 cups (480ml) Vegan Buttermilk
  • 4 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2/3 cup (160ml) Extra Virgin Olive Oil*
  • 2 Tbsp White Vinegar*
  • 2 Flax Eggs
  • 4oz (113g) Vegan Chocolate (weighed and then melted)

For the Chocolate Fudge Frosting:

  • 4 and 1/2 cups (540g) Powdered Sugar
  • 1 cup (84g) Cocoa Powder (Unsweetened)
  • 3/4 cup (170g) Vegan Butter
  • 6 Tbsp Soy Milk*
  • 4oz (113g) Vegan Chocolate (weighed and then melted)

For Decorating (Optional):

  • Melted Chocolate Drizzle
  • Chocolate Shavings

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and spray two 9 inch cake pans with non-stick spray and line the bottoms with circles of parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. Sift the flour and cocoa powder into a mixing bowl. Add the sugar, baking soda and salt and mix together.
  3. Prepare the vegan buttermilk by adding 2 Tbsp lemon juice to a measuring jug and then adding soy milk up to the 2 cup (480ml) line. Leave it to curdle for a minute and then add to the mixing bowl.
  4. Add in the vanilla, oil and vinegar.
  5. Prepare your flax eggs by adding 2 Tbsp ground flaxseed meal to a bowl and then adding 6 Tbsp hot water. Allow to sit for a minute to become gloopy. Add it to the mixing bowl.
  6. Mix everything until just combined. The batter will be quite thick.
  7. Lastly melt the vegan chocolate and fold it into the batter.
  8. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared cake pans.
  9. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the cakes comes out clean.
  10. Transfer the cakes to a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.
  11. Prepare your frosting by adding the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vegan butter and soy milk to the bowl of an electric stand mixer and starting at slow speed, gradually increase speed until the frosting is thick and smooth.*
  12. Lastly, melt the vegan chocolate and fold it into the frosting – do this part by hand, don’t use the electric mixer.
  13. When the cakes are cooled, frost them and decorate with drizzles of melted chocolate and chocolate shavings.

Notes

*You can use a different vegetable oil such as canola oil if you prefer.

*Apple cider vinegar can be used instead of white vinegar.

*Almond milk can be used instead of soy milk in the frosting and in the vegan buttermilk. However, soy milk works better for buttermilk as it’s thicker, so if you can use it, it’s a better option, but almond milk will also work in a pinch.

*Just a note that this makes a lot of frosting as it’s a fairly large cake. So if your mixing bowl isn’t very big (like mine) then hold a tea towel over the top when it starts mixing so that powdered sugar doesn’t come flying out the bowl.

  • Category: Dessert, Baking
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: Vegan

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 Slice (of 14)
  • Calories: 661
  • Sugar: 69.5g
  • Sodium: 439mg
  • Fat: 28.1g
  • Saturated Fat: 10.1g
  • Carbohydrates: 101.2g
  • Fiber: 6.7g
  • Protein: 8g

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Comments

  1. Anneliese says

    December 23, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    Fabulous cake! The only changes I made were using gluten-free cake flour and almond meal and coconut oil instead of olive. It’s SO delicious and chocolatey. Thank you for the excellent recipe!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      December 24, 2020 at 8:01 am

      So glad it worked out great! Thanks for sharing Anneliese!

      Reply
  2. Kathy says

    December 04, 2020 at 1:08 am

    Aside from palm sugar, could it be organic brown sugar, coconut or what other sugars could you recommend? I need another suggestion for canola oil or I will use some of the seed oils. Thank you so much!

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      December 04, 2020 at 9:40 am

      Coconut sugar should work okay and so would brown sugar. You can really use any oil.

      Reply
  3. Priya says

    July 04, 2020 at 11:19 am

    Any other substitution for flax seed? I can’t get it in my area.

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      July 04, 2020 at 12:25 pm

      You can use 6 Tbsp of applesauce to replace the 2 flax eggs. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Ellie says

    April 16, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    I want to make this cake for my boyfriend’s birthday, he can’t have dairy. Would I be able to use 2 real eggs instead of the flax eggs in the recipe or will that mess up the whole consistency of the cake?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      April 17, 2020 at 9:20 am

      That should be fine. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  5. Jordan says

    November 30, 2019 at 2:21 am

    Hi Alison,
    I’m hoping to try this for my son’s birthday party that is right in the middle of the crazy Christmas rush. Do you know how well these cakes would freeze? Could I bake them ahead of time, then thaw and frost on party day?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      December 01, 2019 at 9:12 am

      Hi Jordan, yes this cake is very freezer friendly, but I would thaw it overnight in the fridge and then frost the morning of the party. There are some great tips for freezing cakes in this article from Sally’s Baking Addiction. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  6. Norah Rondestvedt says

    October 10, 2019 at 3:53 pm

    How big exactly is this cake? Like, if i half the ingrediens, how long will it last? If three ppl eat from it? thank for this recipe, Im going to try it now! And also! Will it work if i use a mix of oat flour, almond flour and rice flour? I have a gluten allergy, so. 😊🄰 Lots of love

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      October 11, 2019 at 10:51 am

      Hi Norah, if you were to halve this recipe, then you would either have a 2-layer 7-inch cake or a single layer 9-inch cake. Depending on how thick you cut the slices, you could get anywhere from 8-12 slices from the halved recipe. I don’t recommend that mix of flours at all, for gluten-free the best thing to use is a gluten-free all purpose flour blend. I think you might want to check out our gluten-free chocolate cake as it is a much smaller recipe than this one already and it’s designed as gluten-free. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  7. Dina says

    September 16, 2019 at 2:12 am

    Hi Alison,

    Can I use black Chia seeds in place of Flax meal? If so, should I use the same quantity? Does it need to be pulsed?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      September 16, 2019 at 12:57 pm

      Hi Dina, you can make a chia egg instead of a flax egg. You make it the exact same way, and you can use whole chia seeds, you don’t have to pulse them first (but you also can if you like). šŸ™‚

      Reply
  8. DS says

    September 13, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    Hi Alistar,

    Does whipped cream frosting go with this recipe? I wanted to make this for my DD’s birthday and needed to use pink frosting.

    Reply
    • DS says

      September 13, 2019 at 9:44 pm

      Did you use dark chocolate in this recipe?

      Reply
      • Alison Andrews says

        September 14, 2019 at 11:24 am

        Yes. šŸ™‚

        Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      September 14, 2019 at 11:24 am

      You could use any frosting you like with this cake. šŸ™‚

      Reply
      • DS says

        September 14, 2019 at 9:44 pm

        Awesome, thanks šŸ™‚

        Reply
  9. Alisar says

    July 16, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    Hi Alison, love your recipes, haven’t tried this one yet, but just wondering if you know whether this is dense enough to carve? I am looking for a chocolate cake recipe that will be OK with to carve for a character cake.

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      July 17, 2019 at 8:31 am

      Hi Alisar, I’m sorry I have no idea at all! This is quite soft really so not sure at all, but I have never done any cake carving so I am clueless in this respect. All the best!

      Reply
  10. Sam says

    April 30, 2019 at 1:29 pm

    No words can describe how good this chocolate fudge cake is:):):)

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  11. Angie says

    December 02, 2018 at 4:18 pm

    Made this exactly to the recipe except for halving the quantities and making a single layer cake. It turned out fantastic. This will be my go-to chocolate cake recipe from now on

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      December 03, 2018 at 9:37 am

      Wonderful! Thanks so much for the great review Angie. šŸ™‚

      Reply
      • Marissa says

        October 26, 2020 at 12:34 am

        A new favorite chocolate cake recipe!! Moist, rich, intense chocolate flavor! Wow! This recipe is definitely a keeper!!! Thanks for sharing it!

        ★★★★★

        Reply
        • Alison Andrews says

          October 26, 2020 at 10:05 am

          Awesome! Thanks Marissa!

  12. Susan says

    November 27, 2018 at 10:29 am

    Hi Alison..how about using palm sugar instead of sugar? Will it work?

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      November 28, 2018 at 10:21 am

      If it’s a granulated sugar as well then sure. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  13. Olivia says

    November 21, 2018 at 1:25 am

    Hi Alison! I made your cake this weekend. It was a HUGE success! I don’t have Instagram, but I pin it on Pinterest, and have a picture there. That cake was moist and the frosting was fantastic! What I like about the recipe was that it was easy to make. My sister wants the recipe, I made the cake for her vegan son bday. Thanks again!! Olivia ?

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      November 21, 2018 at 12:26 pm

      Music to my ears! So pleased to hear that. Thanks for the awesome review. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  14. Anna Andrews says

    November 12, 2018 at 6:19 am

    Rich, moist, chocolaty, delectable cake!

    ★★★★★

    Reply

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