Description
A playful lemon cake inspired by The Color Monster, featuring a soft plant-based lemon base and a creamy vegan frosting swirled with natural colors. Fun, vibrant, and perfect for creative baking with kids and adults alike.
Ingredients
- Wet Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup soy milk
- 1 cup liquid egg replacer (such as Just Egg) or silken tofu, blended smooth
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup avocado oil
- Dry Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- Frosting: 4 ounces vegan cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons soy milk
- Decorating: plant-based food coloring (beet powder, spirulina, turmeric, butterfly pea powder)
- Candy eyeballs (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a 9-inch square pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix sugar, soy milk, egg replacer or blended tofu, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla, and avocado oil until smooth.
- In another bowl, whisk flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mixing just until combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top.
- If desired, add drops of plant-based coloring to the batter and gently swirl.
- Bake 25–30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- For frosting, beat vegan cream cheese, powdered sugar, and soy milk until smooth and thick.
- Divide frosting into bowls and tint with different natural colors. Chill briefly.
- Cool cake completely, then spoon and swirl colored frostings over the top. Decorate as desired and serve.
Notes
- Do not overmix the batter to avoid a dense cake.
- Store frosted cake refrigerated up to 4 days.
- Unfrosted cake can be frozen up to 2 months.
- Works well as cupcakes; bake 18–22 minutes.
- Use natural powders for plant-based coloring options.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 256
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
