Name: Marble Mini Cakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup organic cane sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; pinch of salt; 1 tsp apple cider vinegar (ACV) (or lemon juice); 1/2 cup almond milk; 1/4 cup apple sauce, unsweetened; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 cup of the vanilla cake batter; 2 tbsp cocoa powder; 1 tbsp apple sauce; 6 cocotte pots; 4 4-inch cake pans

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These marble mini cakes are made and served in personal sized pans. The cake is light and delicious as well as oil-free, dairy-free and has the best chocolate and vanilla flavor.

This easy mini marble cake recipe is vegan, dairy-free, egg-free, oil-free and a swirl of chocolate and vanilla.

And the cakes are mini-sized. Personal-sized, as in one-cake-per-person. So you can have a whole cake to yourself and it is not even rude! I made mine here is cocotte pots which are kind of pricey, so you can use these 4-inch cake pans as well, or even as cupcakes.

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Why You'll Love This Recipe
Ingredients
How to Make
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Why You'll Love This Recipe

It's vegan. No eggs, dairy or even an egg-replacer. I use ACV to give it a lift.
It's oil-free. The traditional way to achieve a decent cake texture is to cream a fat - such as butter - with sugar. Here, instead of using butter, I used apple sauce and homemade buttermilk make from adding ACV to a fatty milk like almond milk.
It's made from one batter. No fooling with two recipes and two sets of dishes and two sets of work in the kitchen.

Ingredients

Vanilla Cake Batter

all-purpose flour
organic cane sugar
apple cider vinegar (ACV)
dairy free milk
apple sauce, unsweetened
leaveners, salt and vanilla

Chocolate Cake Batter

vanilla cake batter
cocoa powder
apple sauce

Are you interested in these cute cocotte pots? I link to them in the recipe below.

How to Make

The recipe is a basic vegan cake batter recipe. Mix up the vanilla batter, scoop out some and turn it into chocolate. This recipe makes enough for 5-6 mini cakes.

Step 1: Prep steps, preheat the oven and coat each cocotte with coconut oil and dust with cocoa powder.

Step 2: Into a large mixing bowl, add the ACV and milk, and set aside for 10 minutes to activate.

Step 3: Add the sugar to wet ingredients and stir by hand for one minute. Add the dry ingredients and use a hand mixer to combine.

Step 4: Make the Chocolate Cake Batter. Remove 1 cup of the vanilla batter and combine it with the chocolate ingredients, hand-mixing until you have a smooth batter.

Step 5: Pour the vanilla batter into each cocotte until ½ filled. Swirl in chocolate batter into each cocotte until each cocotte is ¾ filled. Put the cocottes uncovered directly onto the oven rack in the middle of the oven. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick pulls clean.

If you don't happen to have these cute little pots, line a cupcake tray with paper liners and bake for 14-16 minutes.
This recipe would also make 1(7-inch) layer cake if you want, just bake for 25 minutes.

How to Serve

Do you like my pots? I happen to own six of these lovely Staub cast iron cocottes. It is a bit unusual to bake in them. Mostly people use them for soups and other savory fare. But the pots are so pretty, you can actually serve the baked cake right in the pot.

I normally put a big bowl of coconut whipped cream and fresh berries on the table and let guests help themselves. These particular pots are cast iron and sort of pricey, but there are copycats out there, that would work as well. Just be sure they can be baked in.

Recipe FAQS

Can I use cashew milk instead of almond milk?: Sure. Any nut or oat milk is fine.
Can I skip the vinegar in this cake recipe?: No, it reacts with baking soda and causes the cake to rise.
What is the egg replacer in this recipe?: The ACV and applesauce
How do I store these mini marble cakes?: You can store them at room temperature in a closed container for 2 days or refrigerate for a week, or freeze for 3 months.
Can I turn these personal cakes into cupcakes?: Yes, the recipe makes 12. I give cupcake directions in the recipe card below.

Other Cake Recipes

Chocolate Fudge Cake
Fluffy Vanilla Vegan Cake
Healthier Tuxedo Cake
Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
Hostess Cupcakes (vegan, GF)

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