This amazing Orange and Chocolate Cake is totally vegan and the inside and looks amazing when sliced into. Cover it in ganache or make a vegan frosting.
Orange and Chocolate Cake
Are you a fan of Orange and Chocolate together? If not, you’re about to become one! This cake will make you a believer.
This is a Vegan Cake that is rich and moist and has a wonderful balance of the orange and chocolate flavors. I love any “traditional” cake made with butter, eggs, and milk, however, in my never-ending quest to make new recipes, I decided to give this vegan thing a try.
I was thrilled with the cake back in 2014 when I made it with a whipped ganache frosting. That tasted amazing, however it resulted in it loosing all the value of baking a vegan cake.
You see, in the summer of 2016, my husband decided to only eat vegan. He went cold turkey on meat, dairy, eggs, and everything in between. He constantly asks me to bake him vegan treats, so I decided to remake this cake with a vegan buttercream just for him. I’ve given you both frosting recipes, you can decide how you want to frost the cake. Below is the cake from 2014 with the ganache frosting.
My husband really appreciated that I took the time to bake him a cake for no special reason (other than updating photos of this amzing cake!). He now has cake for a month in the freezer. He’s a simple man to please.
The method of making this cake is pretty simple. You have two cake batters and you’re adding a scoop of one and a scoop if the other right on top. Kinda a bullseye effect of the two batters. The result is a really cool zebra pattern on the inside. Check it out!!
It looks amazing on the inside – and I love it!
Are you ready to dig in?
You should!
Here are a few more vegan cake options that I’d like to make for my husband – Raspberry “Buttermilk” Vegan Cake, Maple Upside Down Skillet Cake, or this Sugar Free Vegan Whipped Cream.
This recipe is part three of a three part series including Whipped Ganache Frosting and Vegan Orange Chocolate Cake.
Orange and Chocolate Cake
This amazing Orange and Chocolate Cake is totally vegan and the inside and looks amazing when sliced into. Cover it in ganache or make a vegan frosting.
Ingredients
Vegan Buttercream Option
- 1/4 c cocoa powder
- 2 Cups Vegan Butter
- 4 C powdered sugar
- 1/4 C non-dairy milk of choice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
To Decorate the Cake
- 2 cup chocolate chips
- 2 tangerines
- Whipped Ganache Frosting
- Orange and Chocolate Vegan Cake
Instructions
- Frost your cold cake with the Whipped Ganache Frosting and place it into the fridge.
- Peel your tangerines and set the "pretty" ones aside. Discard any that are ripped or disfigured.
- Melt your chocolate chips in a bowl and stir until smooth.
- Dip your tangerine segments into the chocolate, shake off the excess and place it on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
- Remove the cake and add the chocolate-dipped tangerines to the top of the cake.
- Cut and serve.
For an all Vegan Option
- Make the Vegan Buttercream by whipping the vegan butter until smooth. Carefully add in the cocoa powder. Alternately add powdered sugar and non-dairy milk. Don't forget the vanilla. Whip it for 5 minutes until smooth.
- Frost the cake and decorate with tangerine segments as desired.
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WHOOOOAAAAA MAH GAWD. Now all I want to do is cover my oranges in chocolate. That looks amazeballs. Also thanks for linking to my ermine frosting! ^__^
You’re welcome. I remembered it from our Happy and Healthy posts. Glad you liked the cake!
This cake is stunning!! What a lovely combo 🙂
thanks so much Becca! We loved it!
Yum! I love orange and chocolate. And I love that you made it zebra, it looks so pretty.
Thanks so much. I was so pleased with the inside design.
I love the combo of orange and chocolate and don’t eat it often enough. Your cake looks so pretty. I’d love to have a slice right now! Pinning:)
My husband likes chocolate and orange together – chocolate chip cookies with orange zest are one of this favorites.
That sounds like some great cookies!! Yum!
This cake sounds so delicious and looks beautiful!!!!
I love this cake Karyn it is so gorgeous!
Thank you so much!
That is such a beautiful cake!! And the flavor combo sounds incredible!
Thank you. Everyone enjoyed it! I was very pleases with it.
Wow. Simply put.
I do have a non picture related question for you though..how do you get that mailing list banner at the top of your website? I see them everywhere but am not sure what to call them or how to Google it. Thanks.
Thank you. The bar is “Hello Bar” if you hover over the H in the upper right corner, it’ll take you to the website. Very easy to set up.
Yay! Thanks! I’ve been asking myself this question for ages!
I love the candies orange peel on top! Awesome looking cake that I am checking out from moonlight and mason jars 🙂
Cathy
thanks so much for stopping by. I almost didn’t add the peels. I wasn’t sure if it was getting too busy on top of the cake. Glad I put them on.
Yum, I love the chocolate covered mandarin! Thanks for linking up at The Weekend Retreat! Hope tosee you back on Thursday!!
Vegan buttercream, impressive! And I can’t believe your husband went cold turkey, that’s commitment right there!
Personally, I thought he was insane! And I’m impressed that he’s kept it up for so long. I thought he would have quit after 3 months or so.
This cake!!!! I am going to bake it SO soon!!
It’s a delicious cake! If you’re just looking for a quick dessert, you can make just the chocolate or the orange cake. They are great alone as well.
I’m going to try and make this tomorrow (isolation activities!) can i just ask what you mean by alternately adding the batter- do you mean try to later it side by side or one layer on top of the other?
Thank you
It’ll be like a bullseye. Pour the chocolate in the center of the pan then pour the orange in the middle of the chocolate. One scoop of batter on top of the other. Keep on repeating by adding the batter to the center of the pan. This will make a zebra look when you slice into it. I hope you enjoy it!