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Vegan Lemon Poppy Seed Cake Recipe

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Vegan poppyseed and lemon cake is a great vegan cake for summer or anytime. It's light and fluffy with a fresh lemon taste. If you need a vegan cake recipe, try this recipe for lemon poppyseed cake.

See also: More Vegan Cake Recipes

Ingredients:

  • 3 lemons
  • 1 1/4 cups nondairy creamer
  • 2 2/3 cups flour
  • 2 tbsp poppy seeds
  • 3 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup vegan margarine, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • Egg replacer for 3 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Preparation:

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease then flour 2 9-inch square or round cake pans.

Grate 4 teaspoons of lemon rind and squeeze 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice. Combine the lemon juice with the nondairy creamer and set aside.

Combine the flour, poppy seeds, baking soda, and salt and set this aside.

With an electric mixer at medium speed, beat the vegan margarine with the sugar and grated lemon rind for 5 minutes. Beat in the egg replacer and the vanilla. Reduce the speed of the electric mixer to low and beat in the flour mixture one-third at a time, alternating with one-third of the creamed mixture at a time. Beat until smooth.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans. Bake for 30 minutes until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.

Reprinted with permission from The Compassionate Cook Cookbook.

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User Reviews

 3 out of 5
Sticky Bottom, Guest guest

I tried making this, but instead of using an egg substitute like they have in the stores I used plain soy yogurt (you use 1/4 cup of soy yogurt for every 1 egg), and my cake came out very moist. Except the bottom of the cake stuck to the pan, even though I used pam and waited for the cake to cool completely, and the center of the cake sunk a little when i removed it from the oven. I think next time I make this cake I will use the pam for baking that has flour in it, and maybe add a little extra flour to the batter. Other than the cake sticking to the bottom, I thought this cake was very good (and so was the batter :P).

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