Congratulations to Hannah of Bittersweet! After kitchen-testing every entry in the Simply Organic Dairy-Free Bake Off, her Smoky Chipotle Vegan Gingerbread Cake recipe was chosen as the Runner-Up Winner for taste, performance and creativity.
Hannah won a $250 gift card to use in the Revol Porcelaine Online Store! I see many more vegan baked good recipes in her future with their bake-ware.
One of our kitchen testers said:
This cake is really really good! It has a really unique flavor profile. It isn’t spicy, but the smoked almonds give it a good hint of smokiness and the crystallized ginger provides a really nice kick. The cake itself is dense and moist – almost like pound cake. It’s super comfort food. We loved everything about it, but the icing is really sweet, and optional in my opinion.
Since smoked almonds can be hard to come by in smaller towns, and you may not have time to order online, we found this great smoked almonds recipe. You can purchase pre-sliced or chopped almonds for a simple DIY solution.
Special Diet Notes: Smoky Chipotle Vegan Gingerbread Cake
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, and vegetarian.
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup smoked almonds, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup crystallized ginger, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1¼ teaspoons chipotle powder
- 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon smoked salt
- 1 cup brewed and cooled coffee
- ¾ cup pumpkin puree
- ¾ cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup 100% grade B maple syrup
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 3 cups (3/4 pound) powdered confectioner’s sugar
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tablespoon light agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF and lightly grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, almonds, crystallized ginger, cocoa, baking powder, chipotle powder, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until no clumps remain.
- In a medium bowl, mix the coffee, pumpkin, brown sugar, oil, maple syrup, molasses, and fresh ginger until smooth.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl of dry, and stir with a wide spatula to bring the two together. Do not over-mix; stir just until the batter is relatively smooth.
- Transfer the batter into your prepared baking pan and smooth out the top.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean. You may have a few moist crumbs sticking to it, but it shouldn’t be wet.
- Let cool completely before preparing the glaze.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the confectioner’s sugar, water, and agave. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until it reaches 100ºF. It won’t look very different from when you began, but should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Turn off the heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
- Quickly pour the icing over the cooled cake and smooth across the top and over the edges. It sets quickly so you want to work fast!
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5 Comments
This cake looks amazing. Congratulations, Hannah!
What can I replace the nuts with please?
I’m allergic to wheat, gluten, dairy and nut
I don’t think this is the right recipe for you Jackie as wheat and nuts are the base of it! You might like this dessert better, which fits all of your requirements – http://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/vegan-gingerbread-pumpkin-pie or if you use eggs, this recipe should adapt fairly well to gluten-free, and is already nut-free & dairy-free – http://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/wild-blueberry-gingerbread
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