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Recipe Review
My ten year old son made this amazing vegan Chocolate Espresso Cake from The Vegan 8 Cookbook. I must say, I am really impressed with this recipe. The texture was almost like a dense vegan cheesecake. It was intensely rich and chocolaty with an invigorating strong espresso flavor.
It was so rich that there was no need to double the recipe even though there are eight of us in our family. We each had a satisfying slice of this smooth mocha flavored dessert, and even had leftovers. Everyone really enjoyed the Chocolate Espresso Cake but we all agreed that we wouldn’t make it too often because it was so heavy and filling.
Another note would be regarding the nutrition of this dessert. It is gluten free since the crust is mostly made of sunflower seeds. Actually, everything in this vegan cookbook is gluten free so that is a positive if anyone in your family is trying to avoid gluten. I think it is important to mention that this is supposed to be a whole foods plant based (WFPB) website and this recipe doesn’t quite meet that definition. While there’s no addition of plain sugar or oil in the recipe, I would not consider this to be healthy. Some of the ingredients include maple syrup, lite coconut milk, and lots of vegan chocolate. With the addition of almond butter and sunflower seeds as well, this is a very calorie dense dessert that is high in fat. This might be a good recipe to have a small piece of on a special occasion or if you are trying to show someone how tasty a vegan diet can be.
Have you tried this recipe? If so, what did you think of it? Let us know in the comments below.
Recipe Ratings:
Difficulty: medium
Did my kids like it? Everybody loved it.
Will I make it again? Yes, but not too often because it was not the healthiest and it was so rich.
Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
This recipe can be found in The Vegan 8 Cookbook
For reviews of other recipes in this cookbook and an overall review, see: The Vegan 8 Cookbook Review (post coming soon)
We had a weird shaped pan so the edges aren’t the prettiest but the shaved chocolate on top really makes it look nice.
