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    Home » Recipes » Desserts » Cakes and Cupcakes

    Vegan Funfetti Cake

    Published: Jun 19, 2021 · Modified: Jan 1, 2023 by Megan Calipari · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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    This Vegan Funfetti Cake is completely eggless but bakes up soft and moist. It makes the best egg and dairy free vegan birthday cake recipe for anyone! And I cover where to get my favorite vegan sprinkles.

    This cake is soft, full of sprinkles and vanilla flavor. This is the PERFECT cake for any celebration, but personally I think the sprinkles scream vegan birthday cake. This cake is super easy to make, right in one bowl with basic ingredients.

    egg free and dairy free cake covered in sprinkles on a white board
    This cake is so fun. Perfect for any celebration!

    Ingredients

    Some of you may be really surprised at how basic the ingredients in this egg and dairy free cake recipe are. Here is what you will need:

    Flour: Regular old all purpose flour here. My favorite brand is King Arthur.

    Leaveners: I like to use a combination of baking powder and baking soda for an even and higher rise.

    Salt: I always use kosher salt in baking. If using tabe salt, halve the amount.

    Granulated Sugar: Sugar is crucial in baked goods. Not only does it add sweetness, but it provides structure and promotes browning!

    Non Dairy Milk: This adds moisture and helps the vegan funfetti cake stay moist. My top pick for all baking is So Delicious Coconut Milk, but any non-dairy milk will work.

    Lemon Juice or Vinegar: To activate the baking soda.

    Canola Oil: Using oil instead of a butter substitute lets this cake rise higher and stay softer.

    Vanilla: This egg and dairy free cake gets its flavor from a BIG hit of vanilla.

    Sprinkles: This wouldn't be a Vegan Funfetti Cake without sprinkles!

    close up of vegan funfetti cake that is covered in sprinkles
    Its simple to make, using really basic ingredients.

    Method

    This cake is super easy to make.

    First, combine sugar, non-dairy milk, oil, lemon juice and vanilla in a bowl with a whisk.

    Next, add the dry ingredients into a sifter and sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, then whisk.

    Then divide the cake into cake pans and bake!

    Inside shot of a vegan birthday cake
    And bakes up so light and fluffy.

    Are Sprinkles Vegan?

    Speaking of sprinkles, not all sprinkles are vegan! Most brands make a few vegan varieties, though. But typically rainbow sprinkles are NOT vegan.

    My favorite brand of sprinkles is Fancy Sprinkles. They have a whole page that will show you only their certified vegan products so you have to do no guesswork or investigative work.

    For this Vegan Funfetti Cake recipe I used Fancy's Vegan Rainbow Sprinkles and they're absolutely gorgeous.

    Another note about sprinkles: Don't use all natural sprinkles for this recipe. Natural food colorings oxidize when exposed to heat, so they will all turn yellow or green/brown when baked!

    Cake Size Options

    I baked this eggless and dairy free funfetti cake in 3 6" cake pans.

    Or, you can divide the cake batter into 2 8" cake pans.

    Or if you don't want to stack cake layers, bake it in a 9x9 square pan.

    fork in a slice of egg free and dairy free vegan funfetti cake
    I mean, look at that texture!

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    Make this Vegan Funfetti cake for your next birthday celebration! Its soft, moist, fun and DELICIOUS. Its sure to please vegans and non vegans, alike.

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    Inside shot of a vegan birthday cake

    Vegan Funfetti Cake

    Megan Calipari
    This Vegan Funfetti Cake is completely eggless but bakes up soft and moist. It makes the best egg and dairy free vegan birthday cake recipe for anyone! And I cover where to get my favorite vegan sprinkles.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 Servings

    Equipment

    • Mixing Bowl
    • Whisk
    • Spatula
    • 3 6" Cake Pans or see other sizing options above
    • Parchment Paper
    • Measuring Cups and Spoons

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour
    • 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
    • ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
    • ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
    • 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
    • 14 tablespoon Coconut Milk This is ¾ Cup + 2 Tbsp
    • 6 tablespoon Canola Oil
    • 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
    • 1 ½ teaspoon Lemon Juice or Vinegar
    • ¼ Cup Rainbow Sprinkles

    To Decorate

    • 1 ½ Recipes Vegan Vanilla Frosting (linked below) 3 cups of store bought frosting
    • 1 Cup Rainbow Sprinkles

    Instructions
     

    • First prepare your cake pans. Use either 3 6" pans or 2 8" pans. Cut parchment circles to the bottom of the pans. Grease the pans and place the parchment circles at the bottom of each pan.
    • Preheat oven to 375* F.
    • In a mixing bowl combine sugar, oil, milk, lemon or vinegar and vanilla. Whisk well.
      1 Cup Granulated Sugar, 14 tablespoon Coconut Milk, 6 tablespoon Canola Oil, 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract, 1 ½ teaspoon Lemon Juice or Vinegar
    • Fit a sifter on top of the bowl with the wet ingredients careful not to allow the sifter to touch the wet ingredients.
    • Into the sifter, add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Whisk until just combined. Then, add sprinkles and whisk once more to distribute.
      1 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour, 2 teaspoon Baking Powder, ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda, ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt, ¼ Cup Rainbow Sprinkles
    • Divide batter between the cake pans- into either 3 6" cake layers or 2 8" cake layers.
    • Bake in a 375* oven for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
    • Allow to cool completely before decorating.

    To Decorate

    • Place one cake layer upside down on a cake plate or cake board. Add ½ cup of vanilla frosting on top and spread it to the edges. Top with another cake layer and repeat.
      1 ½ Recipes Vegan Vanilla Frosting (linked below)
    • Frost the outside of the cake with vanilla frosting.
    • Add as many rainbow sprinkles to the outside of the cake as you like and serve!
      1 Cup Rainbow Sprinkles

    Notes

    Vegan Vanilla Frosting
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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    Comments

    1. Rayna

      September 21, 2022 at 5:22 am

      5 stars
      This was the best vegan cake I’ve ever baked. Vegan chocolate cakes are easy, but white or vanilla based cakes always turn out too dense or dry. This cake was indistinguishable from non vegan white cakes. It was fluffy and moist. I’m not even a typical funfetti fan and I’m dying to make this cake again. I used soy milk instead of coconut and made 1.5 batches of batter to fill three 8 inch cake rounds. Perfect recipe and I’m saving it for always.

      Reply
      • Megan Calipari

        September 27, 2022 at 12:21 pm

        I'm so happy you loved the cake!

        Reply
    2. Katie

      August 03, 2023 at 12:28 am

      I love this recipe and make it all the time for bdays now! I just caught that the measurement for the milk is off when you double the recipe . It should be 1 3/4 cup not 3/4 and 2 tbsp

      Reply
      • Megan Calipari

        August 03, 2023 at 9:41 am

        Thank you so much! I just added the feature where it will automatically double the recipe for you, so I will check them all to make sure they are correct. I really appreciate you catching this!

        Reply

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