Soft Vegan Chocolate Cakes (bolinhos veganos de chocolate)

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).