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This Sponge Cake is whole grain, soft, moist and easy. Add vanilla or zest of choice. Makes amazing layer cakes. Makes two skinny 8 inch pans. Free of Dairy, egg, yeast, nut. Can be made corn-free.
Easy whole Grain Vanilla Sponge Cake. use frosting of choice to make a layer Cake. I used the cake to make these vegan Tiramisu Trifles .
More Cakes from the blog
- Vegan Yellow Cake
- Spiced Apple Cake
- Vanilla Spelt sponge Cake
- Chocolate Torte
- Vanilla Pound Cake – soy-free
- Fruit and Nut Christmas Cake
- Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Vegan Sponge Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Dry
- 1 cup Spelt flour
- 1/2 cup oat flour
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch , or arrowroot starch
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Wet
- 2 Tablespoons flaxmeal , or chia seed meal
- 1/3 cup warm water
- 3/4 cup ground raw sugar, 2 Tbsp more for sweeter
- 2 Tbsp oil
- 1/2 cup coconut milk , or almond milk
- 2 tsp vinegar, I use apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 365 deg F / 180ºc.
- In a bowl, whisk all dry ingredients and keep aside.
- In another bowl, mix flaxmeal with warm water and let sit for 2 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients under wet, mix until the sugar is combined well.
- Transfer dry to wet. Mix to just about combine. Pour the batter into greased and floured 8 inch cake pans or parchment lined pans.
- Bake for 35 to 40 mins or until a toothpick from the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes, then remove the cake from the pan. Cool completely before cutting into desired size for the trifle.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Absolutely delicious! My daughter can’t have dairy so I made this for her birthday and it’s now her favorite dessert.
Yay! So good to hear.
I love your recipes! I can’t tolerate oil. What do you think I can I substitute for it? Thank you.
Try subbing the oil with applesauce. I have not tried this myself, but is often a good substitution for oil in baking recipes. Enjoy!