Dairy free recipes

I don’t have a dairy free recipe but there was a post about a dairy free ganache. Someone suggested using coconut milk and I do know that there are dairy free chocolate chips by enjoy life in the US.

http://cakesdecor.com/topics/2821-using-soya-cream-in-chocolate-ganache

You can substitute shortening for butter in a cake recipe 1:1. To make ganache use Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips and canned coconut milk (not light) for the whipping cream. Start with a 3 choc to 1 coconut milk mix then add more coconut milk if needed.

If you need a milk substitute in the cake recipe, there are many on the market. A nut milk will give you a better result (as it has a better fat content like milk) but any of them will work just fine. I often ask which one they use as a daily substitute, as they all have their own unique flavor and I use what they are used to.

Good luck, hope that helps. I do dairy free all the time without any issues.

Thank you ladies – I appreciate your feedback.

Here’s my go-to recipe for dairy free chocolate cake:
- 1.5 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 egg (optional, you can skip it for an egg free cake)

Just mix it all together and bake at 175*C. I use it for cupcakes and they take between 15-17 minutes.

Got it off the internet when my nephew was diagnosed with cow-milk-protein intolerance. It tastes like regular chocolate cake so much so that I’ve completely switched to using it for all my chocolate cake orders!

For the ganache, you could use cocoa powder, some coconut oil and maybe coconut cream if your client is okay with a bounty-sort of flavor. Or maybe even try very dark chocolate (80-90% cocoa) and coconut cream? I doubt such dark chocolate ganache will trigger any dairy-related intolerances/allergies, but it’ll be good if you can ask your client to maybe ask their doctor or someone.

Hope this helps xx

thank you, Maheen – it sounds delicious! I’ll give it a whirl!

Maheen,
That cake looks delicious.What size cakes does one batch make? Can it make 2 8" cakes or is it just one?