Mini vegan cakes are ideal for people who bake for one or two, or with a sweet tooth that may devour a big cake in one go!
Most recipes are for ‘big cakes’ which is fine if you have a family, or are throwing a party. But cake is ‘treat food’, so it’s good to know how to make smaller cakes, so you can still treat yourself, but not with 5000 calories!
This vegan vanilla birthday cake (Desserts for Two) is unique in that it feeds just two people, so no food waste, and ideal for small servings. The recipe also has simple instructions to scale-up the recipe, if you are serving more people.
Flora vegan butter has no palm oil. Before baking, read up on food safety for people and pets (many ingredients like chocolate, nuts, dried fruits, citrus and nutmeg are unsafe near animal friends).
This vegan chocolate cake (Desserts with Benefits) is light and fluffy, but deep chocolate, vanilla and coffee flavours.
This no-bake vegan chocolate mini-cake (Ela Vegan) is a tiny cake, ideal for serving in small portions, great if you live in a small household or in danger of eating a whole big cake!
Filled with a maple-sweetened cashew cream mousse, the base is made from blended nuts, nut butter, vanilla, maple syrup and coconut oil. Drizzle with optional raspberry coulis, perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Recipes for Homemade Vegan Mug Cakes
Mug cakes (like this one made with carrots) are ideal if you live alone or are the only vegan, to save on food waste. Although most recipes say to cook them in the microwave, you can alternatively cook them in small ramekins in the oven.
Never cook baby or pet food in microwaves.
The chef at Jessica in the Kitchen has three simple recipes for mug cakes:
