Vegan squash cake

Total: 1 hr 10 min. | Active: 25 min.
vegan, lactose-free

Ingredients

for 12 pieces

Cake mixture
100 g margarine
120 g sugar
1 parcel vanilla sugar
1 pinch salt
1 dl oat drink
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
200 g white flour
80 g ground hazelnuts
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sodium bicarbonate
200 g squash (e.g. red kuri, roughly grated, yields approx. 150 g)
40 g dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
Frosting
100 g vegan cream cheese substitute
40 g icing sugar
2 tbsp dried cranberries
2 tbsp hazelnuts, coarsely chopped

How it's done

Cake mixture

Place the margarine in a bowl along with all the other ingredients up to and including the salt, beat with a whisk. Add the oat drink and vinegar, mix. Mix the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the bicarbonate of soda, add to the bowl along with the squash and cranberries, mix quickly to form a smooth batter. Transfer the cake mixture to the prepared tin.

To bake

Approx. 45 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, remove from the tin and leave to cool completely on a rack.

Frosting

Mix the cream cheese substitute and icing sugar in a bowl. Spread the frosting over the cake, sprinkle with the cranberries and hazelnuts.

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