Need a Birthday Cake Fast? Make One of These Simple Vegan Recipes
Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, an anniversary, or another occasion—or just trying to liven up someone’s day—baking a delicious vegan cake is a surefire way to make someone feel special. Vegan cakes are very simple to make, but sometimes creating one from scratch can be daunting. These vegan cake mix hacks will help you throw an animal-friendly cake together in no time.
Many regular boxed cake mixes—including some of the varieties from the brand Duncan Hines—are accidentally vegan. Just check the ingredients when you make your selection. Although these mixes may call for eggs, which are stolen from chickens, you can easily replace them with an animal-friendly option—because chickens are intelligent, social animals who deserve our respect.
And there are also even easier ways to veganize boxed cake mixes.
Why waste more time baking than you need to when you could be out saving more animals and such? Welcome to the magical world of boxed cake mix hacks! (Unless otherwise specified, just mix the given ingredients together and follow the instructions on the back of your cake mix box for the baking temperature and time.)
1. Classic Chocolate Cake: 1 box chocolate cake mix + 1 can (12 oz.) Coca-Cola, Pepsi, or lemon lime soda
This recipe is super-easy and produces a moist and light chocolate cake—and no, you can’t taste the soda! Just mix one can of Coke with your cake mix and bake. You can pretty much use this trick with any boxed cake mix and any soda! Try lemon-lime soda combined with white cake mix or Cherry Coke combined with chocolate cake mix for cherry-chocolate cake.
2. Classic Yellow Cake: 1 box yellow cake mix + 1 cup unsweetened applesauce + 1 cup water
Again, this is a ridiculously easy recipe, and it will produce a yummy classic yellow cake. The applesauce adds the teeniest bit of tasty fruitiness.
3. Pumpkin Spice Cake: 1 box spice cake mix + 1 can pumpkin pureé
This pumpkin spice flavored cake is perfect for the holiday season, but you’ll want it all year round. The batter will be super-sticky once you mix it, but once baked, it will produce a perfect, fluffy cake. HINT: Stir a generous amount of pumpkin pie spice into your frosting.
4. Orange Dreamsicle Cake: 1 box yellow cake mix + 1 cup orange juice + 1 6-oz. container vegan Greek-style yogurt (plain or vanilla)
Seriously, this cake really tastes just like an orange Creamsicle. Just whisk the orange juice with the Greek-style yogurt (like this one made from coconut milk) until fully blended, then combine with the cake mix. Serve this cake with some vegan vanilla ice cream and just die of melt-in-your-mouth happiness.
5. Fruity Dump Cake: 1 box yellow cake mix + 1 20-oz. can crushed pineapple + 1 21 oz.-can cherry pie filling + 1 cup vegan butter
OK, so this sounds (and, honestly, looks) like something that your grandma’s friends might bring to a potluck dinner. Despite that (and despite the fact that it’s called “Fruity Dump Cake”), it’s actually insanely delicious. Here’s what to do: In a large baking dish, layer the pineapple and cherry pie filling, then sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the top. Cut the vegan butter into slices and place evenly over the cake mix. Stick in the oven for an hour at 350˚F, and you’re done!
Oh, and don’t forget:
Many sprinkles, icings, and even some pre-made grocery store tubs of frosting are ACCIDENTALLY VEGAN.
You’re now officially a vegan boxed cake mix expert. Now, let’s go grab a Sprite and some cake mix and get to baking!
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