{"id":5538,"date":"2014-07-25T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T10:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2017-03-20T01:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T01:08:37","slug":"vegan-lemon-blueberry-layer-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/25\/vegan-lemon-blueberry-layer-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Lemon Blueberry Layer Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/photo-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5557\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/photo-25.jpg\" alt=\"Vegan Blueberry Lemon Cake\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/photo-25.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/photo-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/photo-25-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/photo-25-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/photo-25-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/photo-25-520x520.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Last weekend, I baked a lovely vegan lemon blueberry layer cake. So summery! Vegan cakes can sometimes come out a bit too dense, even when you&#8217;re very careful about not overworking the batter. I&#8217;ve experienced that at home and at restaurants, but this one was quite nice. The flavors were very light and refreshing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to make this cake again sometime, but with a few more tweaks. It&#8217;ll probably be a while before that happens as we really do not need more cake anytime soon. That said, I wanted to share the current recipe as several people have already asked for it!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Savvy Vegetarian\" href=\"http:\/\/www.savvyvegetarian.com\/vegetarian-recipes\/vegan-lemon-cake.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Vegan Lemon Cake<\/strong> from Savvy Vegetarian<\/a><br \/>\nI followed the original recipe very closely, but added 1\/2 cup of blueberries. Toss the blueberries in flour (so they don&#8217;t all sink to the bottom!), then gently stir them in after all the other ingredients are blended. The original recipe tells you to divide the batter into two layers. That&#8217;s what I did, but I would have preferred three thinner layers. Next time!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easy Lemon Frosting<\/strong><br \/>\nInstead of using the lemon curd and frosting from the original recipe, I made my basic vanilla frosting recipe with the addition of lemon. I find a lot of frosting recipes to be too sweet, but this one satisfies my sweet tooth without being too much.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients<\/em><br \/>\n1 cup margarine<br \/>\n2-1\/2 cups confectioner&#8217;s sugar<br \/>\n1 tsp vanilla extract<br \/>\nZest of 1 lemon<br \/>\n4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n<p><em>Directions<\/em><br \/>\nBlend the margarine and sugar on high, until it has the right consistency for frosting (about 5 minutes). Add the vanilla, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Blend for another 1-2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, I baked a lovely vegan lemon blueberry layer cake. So summery! Vegan cakes can sometimes come out a bit too dense, even when you&#8217;re very careful about not overworking the batter. I&#8217;ve experienced that at home and at restaurants, but this one was quite nice. The flavors were very light and refreshing. I&#8217;d like to make this cake again sometime, but with a few more tweaks. It&#8217;ll probably be a while before that happens as we really do not need more cake anytime soon. That said, I wanted to share the current recipe as several people have already asked for it! Vegan Lemon Cake from Savvy Vegetarian I followed the original recipe very closely, but added 1\/2 cup of blueberries. Toss the blueberries in flour (so they don&#8217;t all sink to the bottom!), then gently stir them in after all the other ingredients are blended. The original recipe tells you to divide the batter into two layers. That&#8217;s what I did, but I would have preferred three thinner layers. Next time! Easy Lemon Frosting Instead of using the lemon curd and frosting from the original recipe, I made my basic vanilla frosting recipe with the addition of lemon. 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