Gluten-Free Vegan Brooklyn Blackout Chocolate Cake

This Gluten-Free Vegan Brooklyn Blackout Chocolate Cake is truly a chocolate lover’s heaven!

I’d never actually eaten a Brooklyn Blackout Cake before, but after seeing several mouthwatering ones on Pinterest, I was keen to give it a go.

For fellow newbies, Brooklyn Blackout Cake is a moist chocolate sponge cake sandwiched with a chocolate pudding frosting and finished off by being coated with crumbs from the cake.

As I’ve already got a trusty vegan, gluten-free + refined sugar free Chocolate Sponge Layer Cake and an easy Chocolate Pudding recipe up my sleeve, I was pretty sure I could make a Brooklyn Blackout Cake without too much trouble!

I really wasn’t sure about coating the cake in cake crumbs, so I went for chopped up dark chocolate, which is much more delicious. To keep it refined sugar free, you can try to find a naturally-sweetened dark chocolate or use cacao nibs instead.

For more chocolate cakes, check out my:

• Chocolate Torte
• Tahini Frosted Chocolate Cake
• Black Forest Cake
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake
• Chocolate Truffle Cake

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Helpful tools to make this Gluten-Free Vegan Brooklyn Blackout Chocolate Cake:

For the cake:

glass mixing bowl

measuring jug

18 cm / 7 inch sandwich baking tin

baking paper

cooling rack

For the frosting:

measuring jug

palette knife for frosting

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Gluten-Free Vegan Brooklyn Blackout Chocolate Cake

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

This Gluten-Free Vegan Brooklyn Blackout Chocolate Cake is truly a chocolate lover's heaven!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: gluten-free chocolate cake, vegan brooklyn blackout cake, vegan chocolate cake

Servings: 8

Calories: 366 kcal

Ingredients (click 'US Customary' for US measurements)

For the cake:

• 60 g (1/4 cup) coconut oil (or sub olive or vegetable oil)
• 230 ml (1 cup) unsweetened almond milk (or any other plant-based milk)
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
• 8 tablespoons maple syrup (or sub any other sweetener)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• 150 g (1 1/4 cup) ground almonds* (almond meal)
• 150 g (1 1/4 cup) gluten-free flour blend (or sub plain flour if not gluten-free)
• 2 heaped teaspoons baking power (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
• 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder

For the chocolate pudding:

• 500 ml (2 cups) unsweetened cashew milk (or any other plant-based milk - unsweetened oat milk is a great nut-free substitute)
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons maple syrup to taste (or sub any other sweetener)
• Pinch of salt
• 5 heaped teaspoons cornflour (cornstarch)

To decorate:

• 40 g (1.5 oz) dark chocolate, chopped into very small pieces (ensure vegan and/or refined sugar free if necessary)

Instructions

For the cake:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit)

2. Place the coconut oil in a large bowl and melt over a saucepan of boiling water or in the microwave (skip this step if using any other oil)

3. Once melted, add the milk to the same bowl along with the vinegar, maple syrup, vanilla, salt and ground almonds
4. Sift in the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa powder
5. Mix well, adding a tiny splash more milk if it’s looking too dry
6. Divide mixture between two greased baking tins lined with baking paper (I used two 7inch/18cm baking tins)
7. Bake in oven for around 15 minutes until risen slightly and an inserted skewer comes out clean
8. Once out the oven, transfer cakes from baking tins onto a wired rack to leave them to cool completely before applying the frosting

For the pudding:

1. Add all ingredients to a pan and mix very well (before heating)
2. Cook on a low heat for around 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until a thick custard has formed
3. Taste and adjust flavours accordingly (more cocoa powder for chocolate flavour, more maple syrup for sweetness etc)
4. Leave in the pan to cool completely before using to frost the cake

To frost and decorate the cake:

1. Place one half of the cake onto a plate or cake stand and spread a little less than half of the chocolate pudding onto it

2. Place the other half of the cake on top of that and use rest of the chocolate pudding to spread on top and around the sides of the cake

3. Sprinkle the chopped dark chocolate over the top and sides of the cake
4. Best when fresh but keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days

Recipe Notes

*You can alternatively use almond flour

Nutrition Facts

Gluten-Free Vegan Brooklyn Blackout Chocolate Cake

Amount Per Serving

Calories 366

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.