Past few days have been really lazy, easy and relaxing! Guess why… My internet connection has been down on and off, which meant I had no internet/computer time… It’s amazing how much of our life revolves around internet. Suddenly I had nothing much to do at all… I would wake up in the morning and just sit and have my tea, spend hours cuddling with my daughter in the bed, play with her all day long. I went for a haircut, book shopping, took daughter out for long long walks, cooked a lot and didn’t work. I also baked this delicious cake and ate a lot of it. lol…
I just realized that I hadn’t shared any dessert recipe on my blog for a long time. I was wondering what I could bake for all my readers. When in doubt bake a chocolate cake is my motto… One can never have too much chocolate. And one can never have too many chocolate cake recipes too 😉
As always I wanted to experiment with a vegan cake but this time an indulgent one. What can make chocolate better? Alcohol! I decided to bake a chocolate cake with RUM… Just the thought was enough for me to smile.
I am a lazy baker; I usually go for recipes which do not require more than two bowls and a spoon. I also like to make something out of staple pantry ingredients. This time I thought I will try the very reliable ‘Wacky Chocolate cake’ recipe. There are hundreds of variations of this vegan recipe all over the net and each one of them looked absolutely sinful to me. I tried my version with a few tweaks depending on what I had on hand. I used one cup AP flour, one cup whole wheat flour and one cup of sorghum flour. I also used just 1 tsp baking soda and baking powder as that’s all I had in the kitchen (I know… that’s really sad) My cake has olive oil once again and I used 1 cup coffee and 1 cup water instead of 2 cups of water for a more depth of flavor. And of course I added rum to the batter J
After baking the cake I felt like making it a little more decadent so I topped it with a sticky rum glaze. My rum glaze in nothing but honey, rum and cocoa. If you want the cake to be completely vegan just replace the honey with maple syrup, sugar syrup or any other liquid sweetener of your choice. Feel free to increase the amount of rum in the glaze… it really will not harm you or the cake 😉
Cake turned out perfect as expected. It’s rich, dense and dark. It’s not a light fluffy cake as I am not a fan of such chocolate cakes. I like them dark and slightly bitter and strong! Cake itself is not too sweet (I reduced the sugar from the original recipe) but with the glaze it was perfect. You can make this with only all purpose flour for a lighter cake but I was alright with texture. Though the cake tasked great fresh with some extra drizzle of the glaze, I felt like it was a lot better the next day. All the glaze had seeped in and made the cake more moist and somehow the rum and chocolate flavors got more intense.
This vegan cake made me happy. Bake this today…
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sorghum flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 – 1 ½ cup sugar
- 6-8 tbsp cocoa
- 1 tbsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ¼ cup rum of your choice
- 2 tsp vinegar
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 cup strong coffee
- 1 cup water
Glaze:
- 4 tbsp honey/maple syrup
- 4 tbsp rum of your choice
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
Mix all the dry ingredients well. Make a well in the center and add the wet ingredients one by one. Stir well to combine everything. Do not have to over mix the batter. Just stir gently. Pour it into a round cake pan which is lined with butter paper. Bake in a preheated oven for approximately 30-35 minutes. It’s cooked when the top is lightly cracked and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Do not overcook the cake or else the crust will be too hard. Let the cooked cake cool for 5 minutes in the pan.
While the cake is cooling get the glaze ready. Combine honey/maple syrup, rum and cocoa powder. Gently heat it till everything is combined. Do not boil it.
Take the cake out of the pan and remove the extra butter paper. Prick the cake with a fork gently all over. Now pour the glaze over the cake with as spoon carefully. Make sure the entire surface is covered with the glaze. Do it slowly giving it time to seep in.
Serve the cake immediately with some extra glaze drilled on top. The remaining cake will only taste better the next day. It’s yummy with a cup of hot coffee or a scoop of vanilla ice-cream!

36 comments :
Mychal January 12, 2015 6:10PM
I had a lot of trouble with this cake. It took about 45-50 minutes to bake (the middle was still uncooked at 35 minutes but the edges quickly started drying out). It ended up being pretty dried out – probably my fault, maybe I should’ve taken it out earlier or done it at a different temperature (I did it at 350F).
There were 4 of us who tried it and none of us found it even close to sweet enough, it was dry and kind of tasteless. We threw out half of it and most of us did not finish our piece. 🙁 I might try it again but I would probably do 2.5 cups sugar, maybe more.
inexperienced baker April 4, 2014 9:52AM
Hi could you or possibly anyone else tell me the importance of using 3 different flours? is it a personal taste thing and not too important, or fundamental to getting the cake right? and baking soda and baking powder? I thought they were the same thing?
Ramona November 23, 2013 9:48PM
Hey ! 🙂
I just discovered your amazing Blog through I was looking cake for my fathers birthday, i would love to do this one but I fear I won´t get sorghum flour here in Germany, do you think i can simply replace it with all purpose or whole wheat flour ?
Jana August 1, 2013 11:55PM
You do not specify what temperature to preheat the oven to… I am assuming 350 degrees Fahrenheit?
Kathy May 4, 2013 3:08AM
Can I use either dark or light rum here?
Ellen March 15, 2013 7:53PM
Not vegan if you use honey.
Shenara February 21, 2013 9:54AM
I love your recipes, I’ve just sent myself an email with links to a bunch of your recipes to try. What I most wanted to say though, is that your photography is phenomenal. So skilful. Every photograph is stunning.
I look forward to cooking your chocolate red wine cake 😉
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Erin January 22, 2013 5:29AM
We had this at Christmas, and it was wonderful! I believe we baked it at 350 F. I used maple syrup in the glaze as we prefer it to honey…will definitely make this cake again, thanks!!
Jennifer December 7, 2012 1:18AM
what temperature do you bake this at?
Marla January 13, 2012 11:12PM
Oh, my! Combining 2 of my favorite flavors! I got here from a gluten-free vegan recipe click. Has anyone tried it gluten free? I use sorghum flour already, and am thinking perhaps quinoa/oat and tapioca/arrowroot would round out the other flours. Thoughts?
Migle December 17, 2011 7:28AM
I’ve been looking at this georgeous creature for a while and I cannot do anything to myself – I want it sooo badly. It’s incredibly-overwhelmingly mouthwatering!
Soma December 9, 2011 1:39PM
I am having my slice of mocha rum cake as I read this and i wish i saw this before. Could have made a vegan version when I did mine. This looks too sinful and good and loving the rum glaze:) and delightful photographs!
Chinmayie December 9, 2011 2:16PM
Thank you so much Soma 🙂 Mocha rum cake sounds sinful too 🙂
Sneh | Cook Republic November 23, 2011 10:35PM
I bet it made you happy. It is a beauty!
Reese@SeasonwithSpice November 23, 2011 1:44AM
Sometimes I wish my internet connection will go down for days too. So I can finally have nothing much to do. But of course, the horror will come after it recovers:)
This is such a decadent looking cake! Everyone has said it – you’ve ‘seduced’ us with the art of your photography here:) really gorgeous! I’m also intrigued with your use of sorghum flour. I read somewhere that it helps with the texture. Would you recommend it?
Nami | Just One Cookbook November 22, 2011 8:48AM
Chimayie, I love this post – very adult like feeling from the photos and the recipe requires rum. Just very matured looking chocolate cake! Gorgeous photography and I really love your post today.
Xiaolu/6Bittersweets November 22, 2011 1:40AM
That looks decadently delicious =D
anh November 22, 2011 12:24AM
wow! the cake looks so rich and moist!
Richa@HobbyandMore November 21, 2011 11:47PM
the cake looks gorgeous! i love the wacky cake recipe and i like mine a bit fluffy.. but that rum glaze will surely make it even more irresistible.
mycookinghut November 20, 2011 9:22PM
What a lovely looking cake!
Tanvi@SinfullySpicy November 20, 2011 8:23PM
This is one of the sexiest 🙂 choco cake recipe I have seen.Honey glaze is such a perfect idea…sticky & gooey! Love the pictures…the particular tint you used in makes the cake looks all the more rich & decadent.
a spoonful of yumm November 20, 2011 5:22PM
that is one sexy, gooey chocolate rum cake !!
Janet Rudolph @ DyingforChocolate November 20, 2011 4:51PM
Got to love a boozy cake and vegan to boot! Love you to do a guest post on DyingforChocolate.com This would certainly fit the bill! Yum!
Jamie November 20, 2011 3:49PM
Easy, chocolaty, gooey, rummy… now THAT is my kind of cake! Gorgeous!
dassana November 20, 2011 2:32PM
great pics, chinmayie…. i love the colors…
Anita Menon November 20, 2011 2:15PM
beautiful cake. Just so wickedly decadent and sinful.
Rosa November 20, 2011 2:10PM
What an amazing cake! It looks ever so luscious.
I love those clicks and the effect you used to create them!
Cheers,
Rosa
Luv'n Spoonfuls November 20, 2011 12:26AM
This looks gorgeous and delicious…love the glaze. Will certainly give this a try!
sreelu November 19, 2011 4:52PM
I agree with siri, pics sets a very beautiful mood, the one where all we need is good coffee a book and a piece of this delicious cake.
Siri November 19, 2011 1:22PM
Am not a big chocolate fan (I know, it is sad ;-)), but ur pics are drooling worthy. I love the way you have played with dark shades for this cake. It is really challenging to bring out the mood & u did it really well. 🙂
Siri
Brooke November 19, 2011 9:52AM
I want this. Right now. And a lot of it. This looks fantastic!
Nash at Plateful November 19, 2011 9:38AM
I’m literally drooling at the pics!! It’s a shame I can’t taste it ‘cos of the alcohol.
notyet100 November 19, 2011 9:28AM
This ca ke will mke me happy nytimev
Kulsum@journeykitchen November 19, 2011 9:11AM
hmmm when am I invited? This looks ridiculously GOOD!!
Raji November 19, 2011 8:35AM
The cake is looking morish. Lovely flavours in there and very adult like.Dark tone pictures are also amazing.