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White Roll Cake with White Chocolate
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I had leftover egg whites, so I made up this recipe. It's better to make a soft cream as
the chocolate will make it harder. For 28 x 28 cm [11.0 x 11.0 in] baking sheet. Recipe by
nyonta
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Ingredients
1. Roll cake batter
2. 4 ・Egg whites
3. 60 grams ・Sugar
4. 50 grams ・Cake flour
5. 20 grams ・Vegetable oil
6. 30 grams ・White chocolate
7. 20 grams ・Milk
8. For the chocolate cream
9. 120 grams ・Heavy cream
10. 15 grams ・Sugar
11. 40 grams ・White chocolate
Steps
1. To make the roll cake batter: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to
170°C.
2. Microwave the white chocolate and milk together to melt. When melted, add the vegetable oil to
mix in.
3. Add the sugar little by little to the egg whites. Whisk with a hand mixer to make a meringue. Be
careful not to make it too hard.
8. Pour the batter into a sheet and bake for about 12-13 minutes at 170°C.
9. The cake will be slightly browned after baking. Cover with plastic wrap on the top and let cool.
10. Whisk the heavy cream and sugar. Then add the dissolved chocolate and mix in.
11. Remove the wrap from the cake, place the cake on the plastic wrap.
12. Spread the cream on the browned side. Spread it thickly at the front and make a bit of a mound at
the end.
13. Roll it up from the front. Place the roll with the sealed side down. Fold both ends tightly with
plastic wrap, and let it cool in the fridge.
14. It's done! You can really taste the white chocolate. Decorate to your liking.
15. As there is chocolate inside, the cake will harden quickly, so eat it as soon as possible. It's best to
eat it on the day you make it!
Ingredients
Aquafaba mixture:
78 grams aquafaba room temperature (6 tbsp) (see note)
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
Wet ingredients:
2 cups plain, unsweetened non-dairy milk room temperature (soy recommended)
2 tsp white vinegar
2 tsp clear imitation vanilla extract
2 tsp clear imitation butter flavor
Dry ingredients:
324 grams cake flour (This can NOT be substituted with regular flour. Seriously, don't waste
your time)
36 grams potato starch
324 grams white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
Fats:
138 grams vegetable oil (not coconut oil)
48 grams vegetable shortening
Instructions
1. Before starting, make sure all of your ingredients for this vegan white cake are at room
temperature, otherwise your cake will bake up weird. Warm the soy milk and aquafaba in the
microwave for a few seconds if you need to.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (make sure you are not using convection mode,
this will cause the cake to bake unevenly). Line two 9-inch cake pans with circles of parchment
paper on the bottom. Do not flour or grease the pans.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the aquafaba and cream of tartar vigorously until the aquafaba
is fluffy and foamy, and set aside. No need to whip it to stiff peaks, just get it foamy.
4. In another small bowl, stir together the soy milk, 2 tsp vinegar, vanilla and butter flavors, and
set aside. The soy milk will curdle a little bit; this is normal.
5. Sift all of the dry ingredients (including the sugar) into a mixing bowl and stir well, sifting a
second time if the mixture still appears lumpy. Don't skip this step - sifting is important!
6. Add the vegetable oil and shortening into the bowl. Use a strong fork to break up the shortening
and then mix everything together well. The mixture will first turn crumbly like a shortbread
dough and then as you continue to mix, will start to resemble wet sand (see photos in blog
post). This will take some elbow grease. Make sure to scrape around the bottom of your mixing
bowl to get any flour pockets hiding out there. Don't continue until the mixture is fully smooth.
7. Add 1/3 of the wet ingredients to the bowl and mix until combined. Add another 2/3 and repeat.
Finally, add the remaining 1/3 and mix until the batter is very smooth and runny, which will take
a minute or two (see photos in blog post).
8. Give the aquafaba mixture another whisk to get it foamy again, as it may have deflated a bit
while you were mixing the rest of the cake. If it's still partially liquidy, take only the foamy part
and not the part that is liquid. Then, whisk it into the cake batter until mixed in evenly (if you
only fold it in, you might get streaks or a gummy layer - mix well if needed). Divide the cake
batter between your two cake pans.
9. Bake the vegan white cake layers for approximately 24-28 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted
into the center comes out clean and dry. Be sure not to open the oven until it has been at least
15 minutes (preferably longer), otherwise you will risk your cakes deflating when you open the
oven door.
10. Let the cakes cool in their pans on top of a cooling rack for about 10 minutes. You can then run
a sharp knife around the edges of the pans before very gently inverting the cakes to cool
completely. I recommend lightly flouring or spraying your cooling rack before flipping the cakes
onto it; they are very moist and have a tendency to stick. After flipping them over, gently peel
off the parchment paper.
11. These cakes can be layered and frosted once completely cooled (and the layers can be gently
evened out if needed, although they tend to bake pretty flat). Take care in handling them; they
are rather delicate. Leftover cake can be stored covered in the fridge for a couple of days. If
your layer cake is fully frosted it can also be stored covered at room temperature. If stored in
the fridge, it's recommended to bring it to room temperature before slicing, to reduce
crumbliness.
Recipe Video
Bakery-style vegan white cake made from scratch!
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Recipe Notes
This recipe has many notes - please see my blog post for everything else you might want to know!
AQUAFABA - This is the cooking liquid from beans; it has properties similar to egg whites. For this
recipe, I recommend draining the liquid from a can of low-sodium or unsalted white beans
(cannellini, navy, etc.) - it will have the lightest color.
STAND MIXER - You can use a stand mixer for this. Use low speed throughout, increasing to
medium-low speed at the liquid-adding step if needed to mix fully.
NUTRITION - Nutrition facts do not include any sort of frosting or icing.
Nutrition Facts
Bakery-Style Vegan White Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 slice (1/16 recipe))
Calories 277Calories from Fat 117
% Daily Value*
Fat 13g20%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
Monounsaturated Fat 7g
Carbohydrates 36g12%
Sugar 21g23%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
NOTES 2/21/2019: So many of you have already made this cake and shared your results
with me! So glad everyone is loving it. It seems that differences in aquafaba consistency
and some aquafaba not staying foamy is causing wet streaks in some people’s cakes.
Please use ONLY the foamy part of the aquafaba and be sure to mix it in thoroughly with
your whisk. Secondly, several people have tested out using all-purpose flour instead of cake
flour and it does NOT seem to work well.
My sources consulted are too many to name, but particular thanks go out to Isa Chandra’s
cupcakes, from which I adapted my initial base ingredient quantities (although the recipe
has since changed dramatically, as you can see); and to Sugar Geek Show’s recipe which
taught me many helpful things about reverse mixing.
THANK YOU to everyone who makes and shares this vegan white cake recipe. A significant
amount of time, effort, and money went into this cake’s creation. If you want to post about
the recipe on social media or your own site, please link back to me and do not copy/paste
the recipe directly. This way, we can both benefit from it. Thank you! -Shannon
1. Elle says
Hi!
I love making this cake but I can’t seem to get it right which is super frustrating! The cake
turns out too dense and moist, sticky. I did everything accordingly but unfortunately I did not
get the fluffy result that I can see in the photo (it looks so amazing, I need this to work!)
Should I try cutting out some moisture? Also I can’t buy shortening here so used vegan
butter and a little less soy milk to make up for the moisture of the butter. Maybe that’s it? I
can’t seem to figure out what is causing the problem.
Again thanks for this amazing recipe, I am looking for that perfect end result and I will not
give up 🙂
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Definitely the shortening thing could be an issue. Cutting the soy milk a bit was a smart thought,
but I haven’t tested that myself so I’m not sure if that’s the only adjustment you’d need to make.
Vegan butter is pretty watery and has a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fats. It might work
better to use softened coconut oil if you have access to that.
Just to make sure, are there any other ingredients you substituted or omitted? Do you have
access to bleached cake flour and potato starch?
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2. YS says
I’m going to try this out soon, I’m looking for a light chiffon like vegan recipe, well at least
something close to it. But I know that’s a lot to ask since the eggs is what makes the cake
like that. But I haven’t been happy with vegan vanilla cakes as they are usually dense. I stick
to chocolate cakes as they are normally nice and light and easy to work with. But I want to
be able to make my mother’s cake, as well as that opera cake sometimes, not sure if this is
too delicate for an opera cake though.
What can I sub the butter flavor with wo using lemon? Can I just leave it out or will that
compromise the texture of the cake? Someone said they sub melted butter but they didn’t
have too much success. That would have been my solution using a vegan butter. Also I
noticed you mentioned it has to be bleached cake flour, I happen to have non bleach cake
flour. But that won’t work even if it’s fake flour? Sorry for the questions. Best
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o YS says
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3. Judy says
Just baked this cake!!! Followed recipe to the letter! It came out perfectly!!! Smells so good!
Love it!! Thanks for sharing this recipe!!! It’s a lifesaver!
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4. Aaron says
Just used this for my layered Scandinavian cake. I normally buy it from a Danish
bakery but my mom has developed an egg reaction so figured I would try a vegan recipe, but
use lactose free milk. This cake has a wonderful sponge and bakes up nice and evenly. I
studied all of Shannon‘s tips and it paid off. Beautifully pale and ideal texture. Did not notice
any difference whatsoever between it and a traditional bakery cake using eggs. Would
proudly make this cake for someone again. Better than Whole Foods Vegan Cakes. It held
its own and did not lose its integrity against ganache, jam, marzipan or chantilly cream. Did
not crumble whatsoever and cause trouble when filling or layering. Hands down the best
cake I have made. Competes, if not wins against cakes with eggs. Thanks so much,
Shannon.
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5. Amanda says
Can you bake this in a standard 9×12 cake pan (rectangle) instead of 2 rounds? I want to
make this as a birthday cake that has a rectangle transfer on top. Thanks!
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6. Sophie May says
Hi there! This recipe looks absolutely amazing. I have tried many plain vegan cake recipes
over the years and have never been happy with any of them, so end up sticking to chocolate
or carrot cakes. The crumb of this cake looks to be exactly what I’m after!
I am quite disheartened, however, since I am in the UK and cannot find the type of cake flour
you suggest anywhere (it seems that this type of flour is actually banned in Europe). I have
found advice online that suggests cutting all-purpose flour with some cornstarch. The all-
purpose flour I use has a protein content of 9.73%.
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Bleached cake flour really seems to work the best. I’m not too surprised that it’s banned in
Europe because I’m not sure the bleaching process is very healthy for us, but it does produce a
wonderful cake here. I think 10% protein content is not going to work well for you in this cake. I
would suggest seeing if you can locate a lower protein flour. If you can do that and still reduce it
a little bit in favor of starch that will probably be your best option. Something about the bleaching
process does affect not only the color but also the absorption, but I can’t put my finger on the
exact metric.
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o YS says
Perhaps try ordering it from the states online? The one I use doesn’t have much ingredients only
and it’s not bleached. Typically cake flours do tend to be bleached, perhaps why it’s banned?
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7. Helan says
Thanks For Sharing this Amazing Recipe. My Family Loved It. I will be sharing
this Recipe with my Friends. Hope They will like it.
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8. K says
Baking from Houston TX, this was my first time trying this recipe. I baked it for
about 32 minutes. I couldn’t find the butter flavoring so I just used 2 tsp of melted butter
instead and I added a few drops of almond extract I need addition to the vanilla). All other
ingredients were measured and used as instructed. I found the texture of the cake to be very
fine and beautiful, however the cake after cooled had too much moisture in it and for some
reason my cakes had a few big holes in spots (not a huge deal, about three big holes the
size of small marbles in each cake,but because the crumb is so fine, these holes seem to
stand out too much). I’m impressed with this recipe and will do some playing around with it
as far as reducing the moisture (maybe cut back on some of the soy milk or add some more
flour). It is a very sweet cake (notice how there are equal parts flour and sugar) so I’d like to
figure out how to reduce the sugar as well. Over all pleased with this recipe and feel I am
one step closer to finding a good eggless white wedding cake recipe. Thanks for sharing this
recipe!
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I’ve gotten a few holes in this cake before when I wasn’t completely thorough with mixing. Let us
know if you have success reducing the sugar, but sugar and flour in equal parts is pretty standard
for a white cake. Taking care to remove the cake from the pan promptly will also help with the
moisture issue. Good luck!
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o Nadi says
Hi! This recipe is sooo good!I half the amount and got to make three 5″ size. I also
reduced the sugar by 1/3 and came out just nice!Thank u!
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9. VA says
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o Y says
What is cake gel!? I’m going to have to look that up 🧐. Chickpea water is so easy to get, cheap
too. Plus you can mash up the chickpeas and make a yummy sandwich or make a soup or
something.
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10. Kyla says
i’m making this delicious recipe tomorrow. Can I make these into cupcakes?
Please let me know
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This does not work very well as cupcakes unfortunately, since it is too delicate.
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11. Juju says
I need to make this cake chocolate version. If I add cacao powder, would you recommend
changing some of the quantities of say, flour?
Thank you, I’m excited to try this recipe. Going to make a cake log for my grandmother 🙂
Juju <3
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o Shannon @ Yup, it's Vegan says
You can’t swap cocoa powder for flour, it won’t work. Sorry!
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Hi Yup! I would love to make this however we are vegan with a twist no oil, no avocado, no
nuts! anyway I can make it and substitute oil for applesauce.
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I could not recommend more strongly against doing this. The cake will not work at all if it is made
oil-free, it will be terrible, and throw off all of the chemistry. You would be much better off looking
for an oil-free cake recipe that is designed to be oil-free. I recommend a website called The
Vegan 8 for tasty oil-free baking. Good luck!
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14. Joanne says
December 7, 2020 at 05:18
I’ve been searching / baking for a LEGIT delicious vegan vanilla cake recipe, that tastes like
the real deal for AGES! And whilst I haven’t made this yet, from reading your blog and the
trials and tribulations you made along the way, I can tell already that this cake is going to be
amazing! 🙂
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Can this be made gluten free? If so, what do you recommend for a flour blend?
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I have tried making this cake gluten-free with a couple of different flour blends and I am not
happy with any of the results so far.
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16. Kathleen says
I’ve made this cake several times now and it is the most requested at our house (including
the lemon variation you suggest). Now my son wants it as a taller layer cake for his bday.
Have you ever tried doubling it? Any suggested changes, or should it all work out just the
same?
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I would recommend just making the recipe twice for best results. If you have room in your oven to
bake 4 cake pans at once then maybe ok to double the recipe. You shouldn’t let the batter sit
before baking, though.
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17. Dreams says
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I’ve been baking vegan cakes for years and haven’t found a white/vanilla cake I
was happy with until this one. This cake is AMAZING! I followed all your instructions and it
was worth every step. I can’t wait to try out more of your recipes. Thank you for developing
and sharing such an amazing recipe.
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19. Mike says
I used this recipe for a birthday cake, and it was amazing. I messed up and
didn’t make sure that my batter was homogeneous before adding the whipped aquafaba, I
had a few lumps so I had to mix it and pass it through a sieve so I lost some levity. (Plus, my
dad opened the oven mid-rise…). Even so, the cake turned out moist and fluffy, but I’m sure
it could’ve been even better. The reversed creaming method is genius.
I really love this recipe for how simple it is, from the ingredients to the process.
I measured the dry ingredients directly in my stand-mixer bowl, I just had to measure the
liquid ingredients in another bowl while my standmixer worked on the flour/oil mixture. So
thank you for developing this recipe !
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