Best Vegan Chocolate Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This is the best Best Vegan Chocolate Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting I’ve ever had! We’ve had this recipe in my family ever since my daughter was born. We haven’t found a chocolate cake recipe that tops this one since! It is moist and dense with such a wonderful chocolatey flavor. We make this cake for every single birthday in the family, and it’s so good that we never get sick of it! And the recipe is crazy easy! You could make it with your kids!

Another fun thing about this recipe is when you are putting the ingredients together, you can do a little science experiment!  This is especially fun if you have kids! To do the experiment, pour the vinegar right over the baking soda! It’ll bubble up and pop. I know this trilled my daughter when she was younger. See the above photo for an example of what this fun experiment might look like!

For the cream cheese frosting, we used Earth Balance vegan butter. You can get either the vegan or soy-free option. For the cream cheese, we used Tofutti Better than Cream Cheese. This cream cheese is vegan, but not soy-free, so if you’re soy-free, I’d recommend you find a different cream cheese. This frosting is so amazing! Trust me, you’ll love how thick and flavorful it is! And, it’s not overwhelmingly sweet!

I really hope you love the Best Vegan Chocolate Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting as much as my family does! If you like this cake and want to try another cake recipe, try our Vegan Apple Gingerbread Cake or our Vegan Autumn Fig Cake! For anyone who is making this cake for a birthday: Happy Birthday! And for anyone who is making this recipe because they want cake: YAY, me too!

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Best Vegan Chocolate Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This Vegan Chocolate Cake is so moist and so delicious that people will be saying "this is the best chocolate cake ever!" The Vegan Cream cheese adds a unique taste that you will not find with regular cream cheese. Maybe you'll tell them it's vegan and maybe you won't.

Prep Time25 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Keyword: cake, chocolate, vegan

Servings: 18 servings

Author: Jeanne and Katie

Ingredients

Cake

• 3 c all-purpose flour
• 2 c granulated sugar
• 6 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• ⅔ c oil
• 2 c water
• 1 tsp vanilla

Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting

• ½ c vegan margarine
• ¾ c vegan cream cheese (we use Toffutti)
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ c unsweetened cocoa
• 2 c powdered sugar
• Sprinkles (optional)

Instructions

Chocolate Cake:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 cake pan.
• Using a mixer, add all the ingredients in the above order. To thrill the kids, pour the vinegar on top of the baking soda and watch it bubble!
• Stir to blend before you mix, this will prevent the cocoa powder from flying up and making a mess. After blending, mix on medium speed for 1-2 minutes until the batter is no longer lumpy. The batter will not be thick.
• Pour batter into the greased pan and bake from 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool. This recipe also makes 24 cupcakes. Bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes.

Frosting:

• To make the frosting, cream together the non-dairy margarine, cream cheese, salt and vanilla using a mixer with a paddle attachment. Add the cocoa, put a towel over the opening and mix on low until the cocoa and margarine mixture is mixed thoroughly. Slowly add the powdered sugar and then increase the speed to medium and beat for 4-5 minutes until frosting is light and fluffy. Chill before using.
• Once the cake is cooled, remove frosting from the refrigerator and spread over the cake and decorate. Keep refrigerated before you are ready to serve and after.

Notes

Make sure to refrigerate the frosted cake so the vegan cream cheese does not spoil.

This cake can be made ahead of time. Cooled cake can be left at room temperature overnight. If frosting is refrigerated, let it stand at room temperature for 10 minutes before frosting and beat for 1 minute. You can freeze a frosted or unfrosted cake for up to 2-3 minutes.

For two 8-inch round pans, bake 30-35 minutes.
For two 9-inch round pans, bake 25-30 minutes.