Chocolate Mousse Cake (Vegan)
Ingredients
Cake
- 1½ cups (200 g / 7.1 oz) unbleached white flour
- ⅓ cup (40 g / 1.4 oz) unsweetened baking cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup (225 g / 7.9 oz) unrefined sugar
- 1¼ cups (300 ml / 10 oz) water
- ¼ cup (60 ml / 2 fl oz) vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons vinegar (plain red, plain white or rice vinegar)
- 1 pinch of shredded coconut
Chocolate tofu filling
- 6 oz chocolate chips
- 6 oz tofu
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
Chocolate walnut sauce topping (optional)
- ¼ cup (60 g / 2.1 oz) margarine
- ¼ cup (30 g / 1.1 oz) cocoa powder or carob powder
- 4 tablespoons soy milk
- 5/6 cup (180 g / 6.3 oz) sugar (preferably unrefined)
- ⅓ cup (75 g / 2.6 oz) packed unrefined sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup (40 g / 1.4 oz) walnuts (optional)
Steps
Cake
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and sugar in a bowl.
- Combine water, oil and 2 teaspoons vanilla in another bowl.
- Pour liquid into dry ingredients. Whisk with a fork.
- Add vinegar. Stir; it bubbles.
- Pour into baking dishes. Bake 25–30 min. Cool completely.
Chocolate tofu filling
- Melt chocolate chips.
- Blend tofu, ½ tablespoon vanilla extract and melted chocolate chips until creamy.
- Cut the top off the cake. Set aside. Pour mousse over the bottom half. Replace the top.
- Refrigerate until mousse thickens.
Chocolate walnut sauce topping (optional)
- Combine everything but vanilla extract in a saucepan. Boil, stirring constantly.
- Boil 1 min. Stir to cool. Add vanilla extract.
- Pour over the cake. Garnish with coconut.
Source. Adapted from “Cookbook:Chocolate Mousse Cake (Vegan)” by Wikibooks contributors, revision of 2025-07-13, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes. Steps rewritten into short commands. Introduction shortened. Wiki formatting removed. This adapted recipe is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.






