This vegan red velvet cake recipe is rich, moist, chocolatey, and topped with an indulgent vegan cream cheese frosting!

Vegan red velvet chocolate cake

Whether you need a vegan cake for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, birthday parties, or a regular Sunday evening, this plant based cake is perfect for the occasion.

Its fluffy texture and deep chocolate flavor are so much better than any box cake mix you’ve ever tried before.

Two layers of soft chocolate cake are spread with tangy homemade frosting for a result that even non vegans will love.

Readers also love this Chocolate Mug Cake

The best vegan red velvet cake frosting

When it comes to icing the cake, you have a few options.

The first option is super easy, although it is not the healthiest: buy cream cheese frosting at the grocery store. Surprisingly, even mainstream brand Pillsbury cream cheese frosting is vegan.
The second option is to frost the cake with melted Coconut Butter.

Or you can go the traditional route and make your own dairy free cream cheese frosting from scratch, using the simple recipe below.

Bring 8 ounces of nondairy cream cheese to room temperature. Use beaters or a stand mixer to combine the cream cheese with 4 ounces of softened plant based butter, 2 cups of powdered sugar or sugar free sweetener, and an optional teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.

If the icing texture is too thick, slowly beat in a teaspoon of dairy free milk as needed.

...