One of the bloggers I admire most is Molly Wizenberg of Orangette, which was also one of the first blogs I started following. Her first book, Molly Wizenberg: A Homemade Life, is one of my favorite books, and not only cookbooks but books in general. Her style is just beautiful, and she is an extremely well-read woman. Her life seems fabulous (she reads The New Yorker and attends pottery workshops while running a family business and being a mom), but she always down to earth.
Vegan Lemon Cake recipe
1,5 cups (250 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. grated lemon zest
1 cup granulated sugar
2 handfuls candied orange peel (completely optional)
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. grated lemon zest
1 cup granulated sugar
2 handfuls candied orange peel (completely optional)
0,5 cup soy yogurt (plain or vanilla flavored)
3 tbsp canned chickpea
6 tbsp aquafaba (canned chickpea brine)
0,5 cup canola oil
juice from 1 lemon
For the glaze:
Juice from 2 lemons
1/4 cup (100 g) powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Mix with a spoon, just to combine.
Place chickpeas and aquafaba in a blender, add soy yogurt and oil and blend into creamy paste. Mix in the wet ingredients, stirring to incorporate.
Pour and scrape the batter into a buttered 9-inch round cake pan or whatever small-ish pan you have lying around.
Bake for 35-45 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C). Let cool completely, then pour lemony syrup all over it. To make it, mix lemon juice with sugar until it dissolves. Alternatively, you could just sprinkle the cake with some powdered sugar and garnish with pommegranate seeds.
For the glaze:
Juice from 2 lemons
1/4 cup (100 g) powdered sugar
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients. Mix with a spoon, just to combine.
Place chickpeas and aquafaba in a blender, add soy yogurt and oil and blend into creamy paste. Mix in the wet ingredients, stirring to incorporate.
Pour and scrape the batter into a buttered 9-inch round cake pan or whatever small-ish pan you have lying around.
Bake for 35-45 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C). Let cool completely, then pour lemony syrup all over it. To make it, mix lemon juice with sugar until it dissolves. Alternatively, you could just sprinkle the cake with some powdered sugar and garnish with pommegranate seeds.
Would you try it? Or does putting chickpeas in dessert scare you? (I know Martha Stewart makes brownies with black beans ..). Let me know:)
