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Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cakes

Modified: Sep 27, 2024 · Published: Oct 18, 2018 by Melissa

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These Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cakes are a fun, kid friendly way to celebrate Halloween. The cake gets the green color from spinach so the kids will get a bit of veggie goodness, but no one will ever guess!

Overhead shot of decorated Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cakes on a cooling rack.

Halloween is just around the corner and we love making treats for the occasion. Past years we've made these cupcakes and various candies. This year we came up with these super cute Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cakes! And guess what, that green color is natural and comes from a sneaky veggie source-spinach! But don't worry, you can't taste it. This soft, fluffy cake has a  lovely vanilla maple flavor so no one will ever guess there's a veggie in their dessert.

Close up of a Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cake.

The recipe for the cake is adapted from my vanilla cupcakes, which have the non-vegan seal of approval as the best! The changes include the addition of the spinach for color and taking out the refined sugar. So, not only are these snack cakes whole wheat, they are naturally sweetened with maple syrup.

Overhead shot of a measuring cup filled with green liquid.

When it comes to decorating your little cakes you have plenty of options. You can use frosting or melted chocolate to pipe the faces. You can cut mini vegan marshmallows for the whites of the eyes and add a dot of melted chocolate or mini chocolate chip. These googly eyes from Fork & Beans work great too.( I've made them with brown rice syrup instead of corn syrup and it worked perfectly!) Cacao nibs are great for hair and chocolate chips make perfect neck bolts. The possibilities are endless so let those imaginations run wild and have fun!

Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cakes

If you try this recipe, let me know how it turns out! Leave a comment below or snap a pic and tag it @weelittlevegans on Instagram so I’ll be sure to see it!

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Close up Top view of Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cake. It's a green square cake decorated with melted chocolate, marshmallow and chocolate chips to look like a Frankenstein face.

Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cakes

Melissa
These Frankenstein Vegan Snack Cakes are a fun, kid friendly way to celebrate Halloween. The cake gets the green color from spinach so the kids will get a bit of veggie goodness, but no one will ever guess!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 cakes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cup white whole wheat flour, sifted
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup spinach, tightly packed
  • 1 cup plain, unsweetened non dairy milk I used almond.
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • ½ cup maple syrup
  • ¼ cup applesauce
  • ¼ cup coconut oil
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla

Decorations:

  • vegan frosting
  • melted chocolate
  • marshmallow
  • chocolate chips
  • cacao nibs, etc.

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper. Leave enough paper up the edges to lift the cake out of the pan. Set aside. 
  • Whisk together sifted flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a large bowl. Set aside.
  • Add spinach and non dairy milk to blender. Blend until spinach is completely broken down. If you don't have a high speed blender you may want to strain the liquid to remove any spinach bits that remain. 
  • Add vinegar, maple syrup, applesauce, coconut oil, and vanilla. Blend again to combine. 
  • Make a well in the center of flour mixture and pour in wet ingredients. Stir together to combine. Take careful not to over mix. It's ok if small lumps remain. 
  • Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for 20 minutes or until when pressed lightly the cake springs back and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool for a 10 minutes before lifting the parchment paper to remove the cake. Move to a cooling rack to cool completely before cutting. 
  • Once the cake has cooled cut edges off to remove the cake that browned a bit while baking.  Then cut cake into 8 equal rectangles. You can also cut into 16 rectangles to make mini cakes, if you prefer. 
  • Decorate as desired to create Frankenstein's face.
Keyword dairy free, vegan

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Hi, I'm Melissa!

Longtime vegan and mom of four little vegans. I share simple recipes our family loves and my tips for raising healthy, happy vegan kids.

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