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Vegan Gingerbread Snack Cake

Snack cakes are the perfect afternoon treat to enjoy with a cup of coffee or your favorite tea. This vegan gingerbread cake is just that!
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Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:32 minutes
Total Time:47 minutes
Servings: 9

Equipment

  • 9"x9" baking dish

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1/2 cup sweet potato purée
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup organic brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp allspice

Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting:

  • 8 oz vegan cream cheese room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3/4 cup confectioners sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. You can also opt to line with parchment paper for easy removal from dish. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and allspice. Sift ingredients first, if possible. Set aside.
  • In a medium sized bowl, whisk together sweet potato purée, oil, vanilla, molasses, and sugar. Add these wet ingredients to your bowl of dry ingredients and combine well.
  • Pour batter into dish. Batter will be a bit sticky which is fine. Pat and spread batter with a spatula. Bake for 32 minutes at 350°F. Start making your frosting towards the end of your baking time. Let cake cool on a cooling rack for 20-30 minutes before adding frosting.

Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting:

  • In your stand mixer, combine cream cheese, vanilla extract, cornstarch, and confectioners sugar.
  • Spread over the top of your cooled, cake. Add festive sprinkles if desired!