Vegan wedding cakes
With the rise of those embracing a plant-based diet I thought it was time I explored vegan cake options with a view to potentially adding vegan wedding cakes to my menu.
I’ve always been a fan of good quality dairy butter and local free-range eggs in cakes. So I knew I didn’t want to start my vegan cake experiments by adapting my lighter sponge recipes which call for butter and eggs. Chocolate fudge cakes tend to be made with oil rather than butter, fewer eggs and are often indistinguishable from non-vegan cakes when adapted for a vegan diet, hence chocolate cake was my starting point!
Test-baking
Therefore, armed with dairy-free Belgian vegan dark chocolate, organic plant-based milk and no local free range eggs, I did some test bakes…
Next, I conducted consumer taste tests and the feedback was excellent! The cake has a good depth of chocolatey flavour and a lovely moist texture. Whilst vegan cakes are a little more fragile than their non-vegan counterparts, this cake still sliced well. It’s therefore perfect as a vegan wedding cake.
Vegan chocolate fudge cake…
Vegan wedding cakes – fillings
I usually fill my dark chocolate fudge cake with Madagascan vanilla or dark chocolate buttercream using good quality local dairy butter. So, instead, I decided to fill this vegan chocolate fudge cake with vegan dark chocolate ganache. The result? Absolutely delicious and indistinguishable from my usual ganache!
Decadently filled with vegan Belgian dark chocolate ganache…
Vegan salted caramel
To offer more choice I wanted to explore other fillings. So, I undertook a number of tests for vegan salted caramel. Four attempts later delicious vegan salted caramel success!
Being so impressed with the chocolate fudge cake I was determined to offer more vegan cake choices. So I ventured into testing vegan alternatives for the regular victoria sponge flavours I offer.
Vegan Victoria sponge cakes
So, it began. Madagascan vanilla cake first. Here it is successfully baked, alongside my next test… caramel cake…
Then on to filling the cakes. Everything in the photo below is made from scratch. The cakes, the buttercreams (made with organic vegan butter), the syrups, the almond praline, the salted caramel. Everything. Takes longer but you know what’s in it and it tastes better than anything you can buy, ready-made, from a supermarket.
Vegan Madagascan vanilla cake
Vegan caramel & praline cake
Again, a little more fragile than their non-vegan counterparts but they both slice well… 
Vegan wedding cakes – flavours
For my vegan wedding cakes range, after a final shelf-life test, I’m happy to say I can now offer the following:
- Chocolate Fudge Cake with Madagascan Vanilla Buttercream.
- Mint Chocolate Fudge Cake with Peppermint Buttercream.
- Madagascan Vanilla Cake with Madagascan Vanilla Buttercream and Strawberry Conserve.
- Caramel Cake layered with Almond Praline Buttercream and Sea-salted Caramel Sauce.
- Marc de Champagne infused Madagascan Vanilla Cake with Marc de Champagne Buttercream and Strawberry & Marc de Champagne Conserve.
- Lemon Cake with zesty Lemon Buttercream and Blueberry Conserve.
- Lavender Cake with Lavender Buttercream and Pear Conserve.
I’ll neatly coat all my vegan wedding cakes in vegan Belgian dark chocolate ganache. They can then be iced in my usual Massa Ticino Tropic sugarpaste which is suitable for vegans. And, of course, any bespoke piped decoration I would add using vegan royal icing. Also, I can create any sugar floral decorations using vegan florist paste and vegan-friendly colours.
Vegan wedding cakes – design and sizes
Vegan wedding cake iced in rose and parchment with sugar flowers and vegan royal icing piping inspired by the dress.
As with my standard wedding cakes, I offer a bespoke design service for my vegan clients too. So they can be designed to complement your wedding styling and chosen colour palette. One thing I do recommend is that it’s best to opt for designs in colours other than white, just to reduce the chance of that delicious vegan dark chocolate ganache grinning through the outer sugarpaste icing. So you could choose mid pastels or go for dark and moody or vibrant – the choice is yours! After all, wedding cakes don’t have to be white!
Vegan wedding cake with autumnal sugar flowers and vegan royal icing piping inspired by Essense of Australia ‘Pandora’ wedding dress.
Vegan wedding cake double iced in ivory with vegan sugar flowers and hand piping inspired by the dress.
Vegan wedding cake inspired by the shoes and dress.
Vegan wedding cake iced in teal with vegan sugar flowers and hand painting
Vibrant hot pink and mid purple vegan wedding cake with sugar flowers and vegan royal icing hand piping to match the stationery suite
Vegan cakes are naturally more fragile than standard cakes so the largest size I offer is a 3-tier 4/6/8″ cake to serve 70 finger portions. Of course, if you’re having a larger wedding with more guests I can offer, say, a trio of tiered cakes in varying combinations so everyone gets a slice!
Vegan wedding cakes
Vegan wedding cakes – deeeelicious and added to my menu! Check out my Wedding cakes portfolio and Wedding cakes price guide to see if I’m the cake designer for you and feel free to get in touch!
Vegan celebration cakes
My vegan wedding cakes have been so popular and well received I now also offer delicious vegan bespoke cakes for any event. So, if you follow a plant-based diet and are celebrating a birthday, Christening/Naming Day, anniversary or engagement I can create a vegan celebration cake for you too! Feel free to browse my Celebration cakes portfolio and my price guide and contact me to check my availability and discuss your bespoke design.
With love, Amanda x
