Chocolate Caramel Cake {No Butter or Eggs}

This moist and tender chocolate caramel cake is layered with easy salted caramel! It’s made in only one bowl, and I really like that there are not any eggs, butter, or milk.

Need extra chocolate cake recipes? Attempt my chocolate peanut butter cake, chocolate raspberry cake, and Loss of life by Chocolate cake!

This caramel chocolate cake is the show-stopping dessert I maintain in my again pocket for particular events…or once I wish to showcase slightly.

Beginning with chocolate cake, it’s taken excessive (actually) with a gooey caramel topping and a sprinkle of sea salt. The outcomes communicate for themselves: a easy but elegant, deeply flavorful cake that’s deceptively straightforward to make. 

Desk of Contents

1. Why I really like this recipe
2. Elements wanted
3. How you can make chocolate caramel cake
4. Recipe suggestions and variations
5. Storage directions
6. Extra spectacular chocolate cake recipes to strive
7. Chocolate Caramel Cake (Recipe Card)

Why I really like this recipe

• Naturally vegan. With no eggs, butter, or milk wanted, you’d by no means have the ability to inform by how moist and fluffy it’s! 
• The simplest dessert. No sophisticated kitchen gear or abilities are wanted to get this showstopper on the desk. 
• Good texture. The chocolate cake is tender with the proper crumb, and the sleek caramel on high ties the entire thing collectively. 
• Made in a single bowl. So clean-up is stored to a minimal. Simply how I prefer it!

Elements wanted

• All objective flour– Sift your flour first, to make sure that there are not any clumps within the batter. To make sure this stays a gluten free cake, use gluten free all objective flour. 
• Cocoa powder– Dutch processed cocoa powder or darkish cocoa powder. The darkish cocoa powder provides the cake a richer taste. 
• Sugar of selection– Any sugar can be utilized. White sugar, brown sugar, and even coconut sugar can be utilized.
• Baking soda– Works with vinegar to present the cake some rise and fluffiness without having any eggs by any means. 
• Salt– Brings out the sweetness of the cake, and in addition sprinkle on the caramel. 
• Vinegar– Both white vinegar or apple cider vinegar can be utilized. In the event you don’t have vinegar, you may as well use lemon juice, however it doesn’t obtain the identical fluffiness. 
• Vanilla Extract– A should for any good cake recipe! 
• Oil of selection– Use a impartial flavored oil, like canola, vegetable, or safflower oil. 
• Water– To combine every thing collectively. I additionally tried this with unsweetened almond milk and observed no distinction.
• Caramel sauce– To layer the cake with and unfold throughout and round! I used my vegan caramel, however you should utilize any caramel sauce of selection! 

How you can make chocolate caramel cake

I’ve included step-by-step images under to make this recipe straightforward to comply with at dwelling. For the complete printable recipe directions and ingredient portions, scroll to the recipe card on the backside of this put up.

Step 1- Prep. Preheat the oven to 350F/180C and grease an 8-inch cake pan with cooking spray.

Step 2- Make the cake batter. In a big mixing bowl, add your dry components and stir properly. Add your moist components and whisk till a thick cake batter combination stays.

Step 3- Bake. Spoon the cake batter into the greased pan. Bake for 25-Half-hour or till a toothpick comes out clear. Enable the cake to chill within the pan fully.
Step 4- High with caramel. As soon as the cake is cool, frost with the caramel. For a salted caramel, add a sprinkle of salt throughout it.

Recipe suggestions and variations

• In the event you’d prefer to make a layer cake or triple-layer cake, merely grease two or three 8-inch cake pans and bake them similtaneously a single-layer cake. 
• Keep away from overmixing, because the extra you combine, the extra gluten develops and the denser the cake can be. Combine solely till you’ve gotten a easy, cohesive batter. 
• My selfmade caramel sauce is thick, like dulce de leche. In the event you’d like a smoother and thinner caramel sauce, use store-bought or a selfmade model utilizing brown sugar and butter.
• In the event you’d like this to be a plain caramel cake as an alternative of a salted caramel cake, merely omit the salt sprinkling between every layer. 
• I’m lazy and like the “low-effort” look of absolutely coating the cake in caramel. However if you wish to go the additional mile, fastidiously pour the caramel instantly on high of the cake till it begins to drip down the perimeters. Don’t fear if it seems to be uneven–it’s speculated to!

Storage directions

To retailer: The cake might be saved within the fridge, in a sealed container, or coated in plastic. It is going to maintain recent for as much as two weeks. Let it sit at room temperature for Half-hour earlier than having fun with.

To freeze: Slices of cake might be saved within the freezer for as much as 6 months. Make sure that the slices are fully sealed, both in a container or coated in plastic wrap. 

Extra spectacular chocolate cake recipes to strive

• Mint chocolate cake– Moist, fluffy chocolate cake layered with refreshing mint frosting. 
• Scorching chocolate cake– All the heat of a heat cup of scorching chocolate however baked right into a wealthy chocolate cake. 
• Flourless chocolate cake– My go-to dessert after we run out of flour. 
• Biscoff cake– A decadent layered cake that includes wealthy chocolate cake coated in Biscoff buttercream.

Initially printed September 2020, up to date and republished March 2024