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Soft Vegan Chocolate Cakes (bolinhos veganos de chocolate)

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These Soft Vegan Chocolate Cakes are a healthy and delicious sweet tea time treat. Perfect for when you don’t have much time and you want to eat something sweet that is not overly sugary and fatty.

  • 2 cups self-raising  flour
  • 1 cup of water
  • 4 Tbsps grounded flax seeds
  • 3 Tbsps olive oil
  • 1/2 heaping cup muscovado sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 Tbsps cocoa powder
  • 3 Tbsps peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 bar of vegan chocolate (~100g)
  • Walnuts to decorate

Preheat the oven to 200ºC.

Put the water and the flaxseeds on a blender or a bowl and let it sit for 3 minutes. Then add all the other ingredients (less the chocolate bar and walnuts) and mix well until combined.

Scoop a tablespoon of dough in a baking tray lightly floured. Pierce the cake with a piece of chocolate top with a walnut.

Place the cakes in the oven and let them cook for about 15 minutes. Carefully remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.

PT: bolinhos veganos de nozes e uvas passas
  • 2 canecas farinha com fermento
  • 1 caneca de água
  • 4 c. de sopa de sementes de linhaça moídas
  • 3 c. de sopa de azeite
  • 1/2 caneca bem cheia de açúcar mascavado
  • 2 c. chá de fermento p/ bolos
  • 3 c. de sopa de cacau em pó
  • 3 c. de sopa de manteiga de amendoim 
  • 1 c. chá de extracto de baunilha 
  • pitada de sal
  • 1 barra de chocolate vegano (~100g)
  • Nozes para decorar 

Pré-aquecer o forno a 200°C.

Colocar a água e as sementes de linhaça num liquidificador de alimentos ou numa taça grande, e deixar repousar por 3 minutos. Depois adicionar todos os outros ingredientes mexer bem até que a massa esteja consistente.

Num tabuleiro polvilhado de farinha, deitar colheradas de massa e levar ao forno até  que os bolinhos estejam douradinhos (+-15 minutos).

Vegan Chocolate and coffee cake (bolo de chocolate e café vegano)

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This decadent Vegan Chocolate and Coffee Cake it’s easy to make, soft and moist. At the moment this is honestly one of my favorite cakes, I am the biggest coffee and chocolate fan so couldn’t really go wrong.

  • 200 ml dairy-free milk (or water)
  • 1/2 tbsp apple vinegar (or lemon juice)
  • 50 g olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp instant coffee granules
  • 140 g self-raising flour
  • 75g dark sugar
  • 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Preheat the oven to 180°C

Stir the vinegar into the milk and set aside.

Mix the oil with the coffee and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, pour the flour, cocoa, sugar and, the bicarbonate of soda. Then add the milk mixture and the oil mixture to the flour mixture and stir well until it becomes a smooth batter.

Pour the mixture into the cake tin or muffin molds, and bake for 25-35 minutes or until a skewer pushed into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin, for a few minutes remove from the tin and let it cool completely.
PT:
  • 200ml de leite vegetal (ou água)
  • 1/2 colher de sopa de vinagre de maçã (ou sumo de limão)
  • 50g de azeite
  • 1/2 colher de chá café instantâneo 
  • 140 g de farinha com fermento
  • 75g de açúcar mascavado
  • 2 colheres de sopa de cacau em pó sem açúcar
  • 1/2 colher de chá de bicarbonato de sódio

Pré-aquecer o forno a 180°C. Misturar o vinagre no leite e reservar.
Misturar o azeite com o café e reservar.
Numa tigela grande, misturar a farinha, cacau, açúcar e bicarbonato de sódio.
Despejar a mistura de leite e a mistura de óleo sobre a mistura de farinha e mexer bem até que se torne uma massa homogénea.
Colocar a mistura numa forma de bolo ou em formas individuais de queques  e levar ao forno por 25-35 minutos ou até que um palito quando espetado no meio saia limpo. Retirar do forno e deixar arrefecer na forma por alguns minutos. Retirar da forma e deixar arrefecer completamente.