Easy Vegan Birthday Cake Recipe (Funfetti Cake)

VEGAN BIRTHDAY CAKE // FUNFETTI CAKE RECIPE

This is the best vegan birthday cake recipe, loaded with tons of sprinkles aka a funfetti cake! This eggless vanilla cake without condensed milk is perfect for any special occasion. The cake also makes a great sponge cake, just don’t add in the sprinkles! This is an easy rainbow cake to make for your birthday or for any special occasion, its easy and perfect for beginners to follow! Included in this video is also a recipe for a vegan buttercream, which is fluffy and creamy! This cake features the use of aquafaba which is the liquid from cooking beans, it makes the cake super fluffy! I hope you Enjoy this vegan funfetti/ birthday cake recipe! Recipe below!

Ingredients:
½ cup aquafaba
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar (or any mild tasting vinegar)
1/2 cup oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup sprinkles (make sure to use ones which do no leach their colour when wet)

1) Preheat oven to 350C.
2) Whip aquafaba to stiff peaks (you can add in ¼ tsp of vinegar to help the aquafaba be more stable).
3)Add in the sugar (1 tablespoon at a time) slowly until all of it has been combine into the aquafaba. The mixture will look more glossy, like marshmallow fluff.
4) In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt)
5) In another bowl mix together the wet ingredient. Start by combining the milk and vinegar (making a buttermilk), then add in the oil and vanilla.
6) Add the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk.
7) Add the aquafaba mixture into the batter and whisk/fold the mixture in gently.
8) Add in the sprinkles.
9) Pour the cake into lined or greased tins and bake for 20 min or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the cake.

Frosting:
½ cup vegan margarine/butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

1) Whip the margarine/butter until it turns a lighter colour (2-3 min)
2) Add in the sugar in half cup batches. After each addition whip for 1-2 min.
3) One all the sugar has been incorporated add in the vanilla extract and whip for 1 min.

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