Vegan Chocolate Cake with Super-Fluffy Frosting | Food52 + Bosch

This towering, richly chocolatey birthday cake—for vegans, omnivores, and everyone in between—is the result of about 14 quarts of frosting test batches and a decade-long, food-fueled friendship. SUBSCRIBE TO FOOD52 ►► http://bit.ly/2f1wNmq

INGREDIENT LIST:
For the cake
3 cups all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup neutral oil like vegetable oil (or nut oil like almond oil)
1 cup soft avocado, very well-mashed, about 2 medium avocados
2 cups water
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the frosting
9 1/2 ounces good-quality baking chocolate (we used 100% Dagoba bars)
1 1/2 cups non-hydrogenated shortening
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 cup almond milk, divided
1 cup brown rice syrup

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