Vegan Pecan Caramel Nut Cake with Cream ‘Cheese’ Frosting Recipe

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Vegan Pecan Caramel Nut Cake with Cream ‘Cheese’ Frosting Recipe

Caramel, pecans and lashings of cream ‘cheese’ frosting – this wonderfully autumnal cake has got it all! 

To make this delicious cake all you need is a heavy bottomed saucepan, a couple of large bowls, a couple of 6″ cake tins, baking paper, and a whisk.

Total Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings: 1

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Total Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Servings: 1

Ingredients

Method

Ingredients

(Servings: 1)

  • For the caramel
  • 110 110 g soft dark brown sugar
  • 170 170 g golden syrup
  • 90 90 g coconut cream
  • For the cake
  • 400 400 g plain white flour
  • 50 50 g soy flour
  • 4 4 tsp baking powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 110 110 g soft dark brown sugar
  • 120 120 g caramel
  • 120 120 g soy milk
  • 70 70 g rapeseed /canola oil
  • 1 1 cup roughly chopped nuts
  • For the frosting
  • 4 4 oz Tofutti cream cheese
  • 1 1 Tbsp caramel
  • 55 55 g icing sugar
  • Toppings
  • roughly chopped pecans

Method

Method
  1. Mix the caramel ingredients together in a large heavy bottomed saucepan, bring to the boil and boil for about 8-10 minutes, swirl the pan gently every now and then. Transfer to a bowl to cool. Once cool begin to bake the cake.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180c/350f and grease two 6″ cake tins and line the base with baking paper.
  3. Sift together the 2 cups of plain flour, the soy flour, baking powder and the salt. I used a separate bowl, and whisk together the sugar, caramel, oil and soy.
  4. Combine the wet and the dry ingredients, then fold in the chopped nuts.
  5. Scoop into the cake tins, level out the batter then bake for 1 hour. Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
  6. To make the frosting simply beat the frosting ingredients together.
  7. To finish the cake drizzle with leftover caramel and top with the chopped pecans.

Fancy another slice? Try making this Pear and Cardamom Vegan Cheesecake recipe!

Written by

Alexander Willow-Harvey

Alexander lives by the sea in England, and is the son of both a baker and a chef. Growing up, many of his happy memories were food related, but he never really explored cooking by himself until he became vegan. He wants to show people how to eat tasty, healthy and nutritious food, and how to make vegetables incredibly tasty!

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