A recipe for a delicious Chocolate Cake, Vegan friendly, Easter friendly, and kid friendly too. Give this one a try. Smuggle those vegetables in there with chocolate ganache made with sweet potato. Intrigued? Read on!
Very Easy one bowl stir together Chocolate Cake
I have made this cake before. Lots of times, but when I found the perfect ganache to go with it, I knew you should see it again too. If I made you this cake you would not even guess it had no eggs and no dairy in it, effectively rendering it Vegan…….I don’t always like putting a recipe into a category that might scare some people. Don’t be scared of Vegan food it is lots of scientific fun and sometimes throws ingredients together you may not expect.
You loved the Sweet Potato Coconut and caramel mini cheesecakes and how about the Sweet Potato No Knead Buns? They were fun too. I hope that this prepares you for the ganache on this Delicious Chocolate Cake. All you need to prepare the icing is a lovely roast sweet potato and some dark chocolate.
Amazing Sweet Potato Ganache
I didn’t do any science experiments, but when I searched for the ideal icing to match this cake I came across a whole new world of sweet potato cooking. If you want an explanation of how this frosting works head to The Kitchn.
When warm you can pipe with it like I did with one of my cakes in this post. Once it sits for a little while it gets firmer and you need to spread it. Either way, it is chocolatey heaven. I used Vegan-friendly chocolate for one of these cakes and 70% chocolate for the other. I am also testing it with milk chocolate (500 gm potato to 200 gm milk chocolate) and OMG it’s like caramel. You MUST try it! (PS This one was a science experiment) I have also since discovered that you can make this in your food processor too for an amazingly smooth version without the handheld mixer. SO, you can make it both ways.
I had this cake sitting in my kitchen. Just languishing amongst the other baked goods from this week. So it was sitting forlornly in the cake carrier on the bench. I think I had contemplated giving it to the warehouse guy at work and changed my mind because he still hadn’t finished the cherry-ripe chocolates from last week ( poor guy). A friend came to stay and arrived before I got home. When I walked in the door he had a guilty look on his face.
“What’s up with you?” I said dropping my bag in the hallway.
” Sorry,” he said, ” I found that chocolate cake, and I ate half”.
Well, I laughed so hard…. and then thanked him.
Note: *If you ever come and stay at my place you can eat anything you can find.
This is a great recipe for kids…just in case you hadn’t figured that one out.
This might deserve a post of it’s own. Vanilla Vegan cake ( the cocoa replaced with extra flour and a milk chocolate sweet potato ganache).
Ingredients
Method
- Oven 170 C / 350 F deg, to bake the cake / 8 inch cake tin – 20 cm. 200 C / 180 F to bake the sweet potato
- Put the flour, baking powder and sugar in a bowl with the cocoa powder.
- Add the water, vanilla, oil and vinegar. Mix until a smooth batter is formed
- Pour into a lined round tin. Bake gently for 30-40 minutes or until cooked in the centre when tested with a toothpick. If you have a hot oven bake at 160 C.
- Break or chop the chocolate up into tiny pieces and put into a bowl. Scoop out the potato and put into the bowl with the chocolate and mix till melted. Use a hand mixer to give the ganache a beating and cool it down
- You can peel and put the potato into a food processor and whizz till smooth and the chopped chocolate and process till smooth.Make sure the sweet potato is hot. This will melt the chocolate.
- The ganache will get firmer as it cools so if you want to pipe do it straight away.
Omg this looks delicious! I would never guess that the ganache has sweet potato in it. I have tried some very good vegan food recently and yet sometimes I am skeptical. Should really get over it and make this cake 🙂
Yes it does taste amazing, I had a lot of people try it and love it too. I am happy to try anything quirky or unusual as long as it tastes good.
As strange as this recipe sounds, this photo can not lie. That cake looks amazing and had I been there with your friend, I am sure I would have eaten the second half!
Thanks Abbe you are correct it is very good!
I saw the photo you posted on Instagram and have been salivating ever since, Tania. It looks so very good! No wonder your friend devoured half. I admire his self-control!
at least he didn’t eat all of it! this looks like a lusciously tasty cake!
I love this! I’ve made truffles with sweet potato before and I prefer them to regular truffles. This cake must be to-die-for!
Ha was all new to me a couple of months ago.
Haha he sounds like a crack up. And he should know that for cooks that is the ultimate compliment! 😀
Haha i laughed so hard at the story of your friend demolishing half the cake! I;d take it as a compliment. Sweet potato ganache sounds genius I cannot wait to try it!
Hi Ruby. Yes it was funny and very handy indeed. Sweet Potato rocks
Your friend is so cute 🙂 and you are such a great hostess, Tania. The chocolate cake looks stunning! And I seriously adore that sweet potato ganache!
Ha oh thanks Angie. You sure will love that sweet potato ganache Angie
I absolutely love the idea of making ganache with sweet potato! Thanks for the recipe, this sounds delicious.
Yep hope you make it kari.
Finally made it this year 😀 It is delicious! Thanks.