The perfect vegan white cake. It's light, fluffy, moist, with a hint of vanilla.
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Ingredient batch: 2× original. Base yield: 12 slices.
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Yield
24 slices
Prep
30 minutes
Cook
50 minutes
Total
200 minutes
Additional Time
120 minutes
Ingredients
89 mL aquafaba (volume measure)
2.5 mL cream of tartar (volume measure)
Wet Mix
473 mL oat milk (volume measure)
9.9 mL distilled vinegar (volume measure)
158 mL vegetable oil (volume measure)
59 mL coconut oil melted (volume measure)
9.9 mL vanilla extract (use clear imitation vanilla extract for a whiter cake) (volume measure)
Dry Mix
789 mL cake flour (volume measure)
59 mL potato starch (volume measure)
355 mL sugar (volume measure)
9.9 mL baking powder (volume measure)
4.9 mL salt (volume measure)
2.5 mL baking soda (volume measure)
Base draft — original amounts
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3 Tbsp aquafaba
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup oat milk
1 tsp distilled vinegar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 Tbsp coconut oil melted
1 tsp vanilla extract (use clear imitation vanilla extract for a whiter cake)
1 2/3 cups cake flour
2 Tbsp potato starch
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
Instructions
Vegan Vanilla Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 7" springform cake pan with parchment paper.
Sift the dry ingredients 2x. In another bowl, combine wet ingredients.
Whip aquafaba and cream of tartar until foamy.
Stir aquafaba into the wet mix and then gently stir in the dry ingredients until just combined.
Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for 50 minutes.
Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting. ( Vegan Buttercream Frosting )
Notes
Cooking size & time adjustments: Cupcakes – double the recipe and bake 25 minutes for 24 cupcakes. 9″x13″ sheet cake – double the recipe and bake for 35-40 minutes. 2 9″ round cakes – double the recipe and bake for 30-35 minutes. Bundt cake – double the recipe and bake for 50-60 minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.