Vegan Tunis Cake
This Vegan Tunis Cake is a plant based alternative to the traditional Madeira cake topped with chocolate and decorated with marzipan fruits.
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 408.69kcal
Ingredients
- 125 ml soy yogurt or similar vegan yogurt
- 175 ml soy milk or another plant milk
- 150 g caster sugar
- 0.5 teaspoon vanilla paste
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 lemon zest
- 250 g self raising flour
- 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 300 ml vegan cream
- 400 g dark chocolate
- 3 marzipan fruits
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / 356 F / gas mark 4.
- Line a 7 inch cake tin with baking paper.
- Add the yogurt, milk, caster sugar, vanilla paste, vegetable oil, lemon juice and lemon zest to a jug and whisk well.
- In a bowl, whisk together the self raising flour and baking powder.
- Create a well in the middle of the flour and then slowly pour in the wet ingredients while whisking until you had a smooth batter.
- Pour the batter into the lined cake tin.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Leave the cake to cool – do not remove from the tin.
- Once the cake is cool, heat the cream until just starting to bubble but not boiling.
- Remove from the heat and add the chocolate.
- Stir gently to help the chocolate melt.
- Once the ganache is smooth and glossy
- Leave to cool, but still pourable.
- Pour the ganache over the top of the cake and put it aside to set.
- Once it has set, top with the marzipan fruits.
Nutrition
Calories: 408.69kcal | Carbohydrates: 47.13g | Protein: 7.35g | Fat: 21.96g | Saturated Fat: 10.58g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.75g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4.35g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 125.78mg | Potassium: 283.57mg | Fiber: 5.8g | Sugar: 22.44g | Vitamin A: 70.81IU | Vitamin C: 3.82mg | Calcium: 86.44mg | Iron: 4.52mg