Vegan Chocolate and Passion Fruit Cake
Chocolate Cake, Vegan Buttercream and Passionfruit Syrup — a Dawn Foods recipe in 3 components. Uses Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Passion Fruit – 1 kg.
- mixing time (slow speed, cake)
- 1 min
- mixing time (medium speed, cake)
- 2 min
- baking temperature (cake)
- 175 °C
- baking time (cake)
- 30-35 min
- beating time (buttercream, butter)
- 5-8 min
- cooling time (assembled cake, refrigerated)
- 30 min
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Vegan Chocolate Cake Mix | 1200 g |
| Water | 600 g |
| Vegetable oil | 240 g |
Vegan Buttercream
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Margarine or vegan butter | 225 g |
| Icing sugar | 420 g |
| Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Passion Fruit – 1 kgDawn Passionfruit Compound | 50 g |
| Yellow food colour (optional) |
Passionfruit Syrup
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Passion Fruit – 1 kgDawn Passionfruit Compound | 50 g |
| Water | 50 g |
| Sugar | 200 g |
Method
- Chocolate Cake
Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl fitted with a beater and mix for 1 minute on slow speed and then 2 minutes on medium speed.
- Chocolate Cake
Deposit 500 g of the mixture into prepared 8" round tins.
- Chocolate Cake
Bake at 175 °C for 30-35 minutes.
- Vegan Buttercream
Beat the butter for 5-8 minutes until very aerated and pale.
- Vegan Buttercream
Add in the icing sugar and Dawn Passionfruit Compound.
- Vegan Buttercream
You can also add a bit of yellow food colour to enhance the colour of the buttercream to your desired shade.
- Passionfruit Syrup
Boil together the water, Dawn Passionfruit Compound and sugar until all the sugar is melted. Let it cool.
Assembly: Cut the cake into four equal layers and soak each one in some syrup.
Assembly: Sandwich all the chocolate cake layers with the vegan buttercream. Finish with a layer of cake.
Assembly: Spread a thin amount of buttercream all over the cake to lock in all the crumbs, then refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Assembly: Finish decorating the whole cake with another layer of buttercream, piped rosettes on top and some sprinkles.
Dawn Foods recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.