coffee cake

Makes: One Two Layer Cake

Ingredients:

  • 12 oz flour (2 3/4 cup)

  • pinch of salt

  • 1 tbsp baking powder

  • 12 oz sugar (1 2/3 cup)

  • 1 tbsp flax meal

  • 3.5 oz coffee (1/2 cup)

  • 2/3 cup oil

  • 6 oz coffee (3/4 cup)

    topping:

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar

  • 1/4 cup flour

  • 3 tbsp butter

    Glaze:

  • 2 cups confectioners sugar

  • 2 tbsp vegan milk

  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

  • pinch of salt

Directions:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

  • Whether you are using a large pan for a rectangular cake or two circular cake pans oil the bottom and sides of the pan then dust with four. Make sure to shake out the excess. If making cupcakes add paper cups to the cupcake pan.

  • In a large bowl place your flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix with a whisk until well combined.

  • In a blender, food processor, or using an immersion blender combine the 3.5 oz coffee and flax meal. Pulse or mix this for roughly 20-30 seconds, or until it turns frothy and foamy. Now continue to mix again and slowly pour In your oil. Once your oil is all in continue to mix until you have a thick white emulsion. In another bowl combine the egg replacer with your sugar, and 6 oz cofee, then mix with a whisk until well combined.

  • Now pour the wet ingredients on top of the dry ingredients and mix until everyting just comes together, essentially when all the flour is hydrated. Try not to over mix there will be lumps which is okay, you want to avoid building Gluten.

  • Make your topping: combine all topping ingredients in a bowl and using a fork stir and press the butter into the flour and sugar until you have a cohesive mixture.

  • Pour your cake batter into your baking dish and sprinkle your topping over the batter, you are not looking for complete coverage just a light coating.

  • bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, depending on your dish 20-25 minutes approximately.

  • Remove from the oven and let cool completely before trying to remove.

  • If you are making cupcakes the method stays the same, you will simply fill your cupcake liners 2/3 of the way full and bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

    The galze:

  • Put all glaze ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Wait until your cake is completely cooled then drizzle on the glaze as thick or as light as you would like.