For the cake
- 3 cups All-purpose flourunbleached
- 2 cups Cane sugarorganic
- 1 tsp Sea salt
- 6 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 2 tsp Baking sodaaluminum-free
- ½ tsp Ground ginger
- ¾ cup Coconut oilmelted and cooled
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp Coffeestrong
- 2 cups Waterwarm
- 2 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
For the frosting
- 3½ cups Organic powdered cane sugar
- 1¼ cup Cocoa powder
- ¼ cup Coconut oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- ½ cup Water
- 1 pinch Sea salt
Chocolate Crazy Cake
This Chocolate Crazy Cake recipe is hands down one of the best chocolate cakes I have ever tasted. The best thing about it? If you use coconut oil for the frosting, this cake is completely dairy free, meaning it is a great recipe to make for someone who is allergic to dairy.
To make this cake, start by mixing the dry ingredients together. Gradually add in the remaining ingredients, starting with coconut oil, vanilla and water. Next add the coffee and vinegar. Don’t be concerned if the batter starts to foam up. This is normal as the baking soda reacts with the acid in the vinegar. Transfer the batter to the pans and bake. Make frosting by mixing sugar, cocoa powder, butter or coconut oil, vanilla, water and sea salt together. Frost the cake and enjoy!
To make Chocolate Crazy Cake, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Chocolate Crazy Cake
1 | Heat the oven and prepare a pan | |
Preheat the oven to 375 °F. Lightly grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans. | ||
2 | Mix dry ingredients | 1 |
Mix 3 cups of flour, 2 cups of sugar, 1 teaspoons of salt, 6 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 2 teaspoons of baking soda, and ½ a teaspoon of ginger together in a large baking bowl. Stir well until all ingredients are fully combined. | ||
3 | Add coconut oil, vanilla and water | 3 |
Mix melted and cooled ¾ cup of coconut oil with 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 2 cups of warm water. Add to dry ingredients and stir well. | ||
4 | Add coffee and vinegar | 1 |
Pour in 1 tablespoon of strong coffee and 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. Stir well to remove any lumps from the batter. | ||
5 | Bake | 25 |
Transfer half of the batter to each of the prepared baking pans. Bake for about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. | ||
6 | Leave to cool | 30 |
Remove the cakes from the oven and leave to cool completely on a wire rack. | ||
7 | Prepare frosting | 2 |
In a separate bowl, mix 3½ cups of powdered sugar with 1¼ cups of cocoa powder and a pinch of salt. Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract and ¼ cup of coconut oil. Gradually pour in ½ a cup of water, stirring well between additions until the icing has the right consistency for spreading. | ||
8 | Frost the cake | 3 |
Place one of the cakes on a plate and spoon some of the frosting on top. Spread it out using a palette knife before placing the second cake on top. Spoon the remaining frosting on top and spread it around the top and sides of the cake. | ||
9 | Serve | |
Serve on its own and enjoy. | ||
Recipe Reviews
It turned out sooo good though the frosting wasnt the best it was delicious for sure.
Cake in a mug was more chocolately tasting than this for some reason i just like it more.
Sadly i didnt have everything i needed for the ingridents but it still turned out amazing! just replaced some of thecoconut oil with vege oil instead and added less vinegar.
So happy this recipe isn't a boxed cake recipe like everything else now adays..starting from scratch is the best kinda start there is for a cake.
I decided to make some cupcakes out of this recipe instead of a large cake and added sprinkles to the frosting, really good recipe and the cupcakes turned out great.
Removed the coffee from this cake cause I dont want too much energy when i snack on this in the middle of the night haha.
Despite the amazing taste there is a downside which is after it fully cools it does crumble a bit, other than that good cake recipe.
With this recipe you don't have to go through so much work there is barely anything to add and do which makes it simple and affordable too.
Moist and tasty dessert my entire family loved it a lot.
The vinegar was just too much in this recipe
Made it for my nieces Birthday!! Delicious and everyone loved it including the birthday girl :)
I actually used the left over frosting as dip for some strawberries !!
Instead of making the frosting i just used some nutella instead.
Delicious though make sure you mix everything properly but not to the point where its just fluffy, its my second time making a cake from scratch too so very satisfying cake.
Swapped out cane sugar for brown sugar good dessert.
Loved this chocolate cake, not sure what's crazy about it! so tasty and simple to make.
Topped with walnut and almonds 10/10.
Vegan cake= best cake there is so happy that this is a thing.
My kids adore this cake and gobbled it up so quickly, now I know what the crazy is in the name is meant for, my kids bouncing around the house lol.
Very awesome recipe can put literally anything in it i actually added some bananas to the top of mine since fruit goes really good with chocolate.
I love sweets, so this dessert is perfect for me.
Well done! Thanks for sharing!
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