Vegan Chocolate Eclair Cake

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

I had to take a short break from my Classic Cakes Veganized series to make this fast & easy Chocolate Eclair Cake! Named after my favorite ice cream bar from my childhood. While it's NOT ice cream, it packs the same euphoria as the Good Humor man driving down my street in the summer way back when! Who else chased the ice cream man down the street in the summer? What was your favorite ice cream bar? Grab the recipes here www.gretchensveganbakery.com/chocolate-eclair-cake/

[@TigerGreene]

I loved Choco Taco! And sometimes Bubble O'Bill.

[@gandalfthepink2727]

Let me take a moment to appreciate how sturdy your cakes are. You lifted them up and cut em and they didn't fall apart. Oh my goodness..you are THE best.

[@NezChic]

I grew up on a "Indian Reservation" we didn't have the luxury of a ice cream truck lol we didn't have the luxury of anything lol My mother from Canada took us to her City and that's the first time I seen a ice cream truck but was too poor to get any lol I would have been thankful for Popsicle or anything from the truck boring or not lol I always love watching you frost cakes lol

[@HeidiFaith]

Thank you for "legitimizing" vegan baking in a professional, no-nonsense way. Most vegan baking channels are too quirky or casual. I like this approach.

[@karlalaaa593]

I've been watching you since you started your other channel when you were still making cakes at a bakery shop. Glad that I was able to find you again and you haven't given up makin videos!

[@fastfunpokerjamie124]

Chocolate eclair… might have been the only ice cream I ever got off a truck. Very excited to try a plant based version! Thanks for the video!

[@jstamps9578]

Wow you are giving us a plant based masterclass of classic cakes veganized using your classically trained knowledge. This cake looks incredible, and having made and tasted the individual components, I know it tastes delicious. Your explanation about your plant based buttercream icing being sturdy without the use of shortening, keeps us from over shopping and storing unnecessary ingredients. Your knowledge and creative sharing are worth the cost of so many cups of coffee a month...

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

And thank you too for your well thought out and kind comments! :) and of course your continued support!

[@lauraviau36]

Gretchen! I'm so glad I found you again! It's so funny that I should just happen to run across one of your vegan videos by chance, especially since I have three very large binders of recipes with comments sitting in front of me that I took from your previous website when you had your bakery. I've been trying to go vegan, so I'm thrilled to find you again. Your recipes were great before, and I'm sure they're great now, too! Btw, I loved the Strawberry Shortcake ice cream bars! And these new videos are beautifully done!!! 🤸‍♀🤸‍♀🤸‍♀

[@guerra6890]

Very relaxing video with a beautiful cake.

[@patriciasegage499]

Gretchen! Didn’t se your name, but I see the thumbnail and loved the look of the cake. Recognized the voice. Lovely to see a video by you 💚

[@kenzmaddoc1975]

I am so grateful I found this channel, I’ve been wanting to get into baking but have been looking for a great vegan teacher! Thank you!

[@sivolia1317]

So therapeutic to watch you ice

[@bhavna76rasaily]

This looks sooooo good 🤌🏼😍

[@ga1330]

Absolutely loving this veganized classic cake series. Thanks for sharing

[@sabanapatel1]

Wow Gretchen That cake looks regal!. Add to it your presentation and it's so impressive.

[@patm5369]

What a masterpiece! Not even in a million years I would be able to make such a beautiful cake. Thank you Gretchen.

[@cheekypigg]

Gretchen keeps making all my cake dreams come true 😂🥰

[@olgashp2024]

Another absolutely amazing cake recipe that will be a perfect addition to a special occasion, or placed on the list of "must try Gretchen's cake recipes". Just made your amazing white vegan cake recipe for the birthday cake, and it was delicious!! The texture and amount of sweetness are perfect, its hard to tell that this is a 100% vegan cake. I am absolutely sure that the Chocolate Eclair cake will be absolutely delicious and one of the favorite vegan cakes. You videos are so inspirational and addicting, its so wonderful that your recipes are fool-proof and its not necessary to do a bake test before special occasion day. Also, your book is inspirational too! Even without the pictures in the book, recipes themselves are mouthwatering from the descriptions. Heavily recommend your book to all the vegan and non-vegan bakers! Thank you again for your absolutely delicious recipes and beautiful videos.

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Thank you so much!

[@ishagupta1639]

this classic cake series is superb Finding vegan versions of these cakes is very difficult Thank-you for sharing such wonderful recipes 😍😆

[@Kelseyveg]

Love all the elements here!!!! Your recipes are absolutely fantastic! Also definitely getting tips on getting perfectly smooth frosting on my cakes from now on, thank you!!

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Thanks so much!!

[@debramoore4949]

Looks scrumptious Gretchen! I’m salivating just watching you make this chocolate eclair cake. Thank you for sharing.

[@Dolcevita_bakes]

It was my favorite too! Well that and the It’s it ice cream sandwich! Sooo good! I’m making my own birthday cake this weekend and I was going to do a forever Rocher but this may be better idea! I had no idea that the crunch coating was made with these cookies! Yum!!!

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Happy birthday 🎂🎈🎁

[@MultiGemgirl]

looks so moist and delicious

[@raindropsroses1088]

Beautiful recipe, thanks so much for sharing

[@liltrench5862]

I definitely need to make this!!

[@tamcon72]

My fav was the Strawberry Shortcake Bar, but the Bomb Pop was second favorite, possibly because I was old enough to remember the U.S. bicentennial, when red, white, and blue decorations were _everywhere._ This looks wonderfully reminiscent of the ice cream treat! Thanks for posting : )

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Yes!! here is my cake version of strawberry shortcake! www.gretchensveganbakery.com/strawberry-crunch-cake/

[@forrest_ation]

I couldn’t eat milk as a kid so I always got the ice pops from the ice cream van, as an adult my favourite became the ice cream sandwiches 🙈 as a vegan now I just get my icecreams from the supermarket :)

[@jenniferk1941]

Chocolate Eclair was ALWAYS my go to ice cream bar from the ice cream truck!!😁💚💗

[@infinitelovegratitude5789]

Love Everything about this Chocolate Eclair Cake ~ the perfect interpretation of the Ice Cream Truck Treat. Thank you so much for these very soothing - and so inspiring - tutorials. They have quickly become my Happy Place.

[@goodcookandherguineapigand5122]

Looks good. I like that cine off ice cream too

[@theminipan822]

I’m never disappointed when I click on a video… yumm

[@shaunaburton7136]

That looks delicious.

[@inaivanova3345]

All of your recipes look absolutely divine! Sending much vegan love from Bulgaria to Florida. 🇧🇬🇺🇸😘🙏🤗🥧

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Thank you! One of my favorite people in the whole world is from Bulgaria! Zoia worked for me in my bakery many years ago, Love love love her!

[@mariacarroll5723]

This looks amazing Gretchen!!!!! Thank you, I’ll be attempting this one soon.

[@patriciapinto2030]

Beautiful cakes❤️

[@vanessaoaker8855]

Looks sooooooooo good

[@5starchikify]

Oh no, hearing you say the ice cream sandwich is boring broke my heart 😂 I love them and chocolate eclairs. They were the ones that I chose off of the truck. I also love eclair pastries they are so delish 🤤😋

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

LOL! I know, my BF says the same thing, it was his FAV too! It's just that my Mom would buy ice cream sandies all the time, so we had them in our freezer already, so to buy one off the truck was too boring cuz I was spoiled with snacks! LOL

[@jasonpoynter8025]

❤️💕💞MASTERPIECE 💞💕❤️

[@annettejoubert4921]

Sooo amazing! 🥰

[@GRay-jm5bc]

How lovely! To crumb-coat the cake at the end, do you whip the cooled ganache or anything, or does it just cool to that nice spreadable consistency?

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Thank you! I did not whip it

[@suebolasevich123]

Love your recipe best channel on KZbin. I was going to Boston veg fest but since covid hit they have been virtual. I was wondering if you have ever tried vegan treats from Bethlehem, PA.? I love her vanilla cake and have tried hundreds of recipes but none come out like hers. Was wondering if you have any vanilla cake that might be close to it. The cake is like a home made cake with eggs and milk but I can no longer have those. I have allergies to dairy, egg, and coconut. Please let me know if you have any recommendations. I just made your dobro torte recipe which we loved. But again the cake was not the same as excellent as it was.

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

HI Sue! Thanks! Yes I used to live in Easton for a minute, so I went there often! I think you should try this recipe! www.gretchensveganbakery.com/the-best-vegan-vanilla-cake-recipe/

[@MonBake]

sooo nice

[@SuperNathan90]

Gretchen .. here is a challenge for you.. Veganize a Aussie classic next and make a Lamington

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Ok! Added to the list!

[@kiyokohernandez4358]

Yummm

[@timothybright7064]

B4 I graduated from Culinary School in 2012 I were one of your Biggest Fans. I'm using a Walker now because of a Bad Accident. I don't know what Vegan Food taste like we didn't prepare it in College & I Never tried it. When you sent me some Dessert because I surprised you Once when the Lights & Coolers acted up in a Storm over there, my Greedy Girlfriend @ the Time didn't tell me it came in the Mail! This is (Meant as a Joke), but if you send it too me this Time, I promise you I'd eat it, & I don't Make Promises. Gretchen looks amazing. Even though I said it's meant as a Joke, Hummm. That Cake Looks DeVine, & you haven't lost your Touch. Congrats on your Longevity.

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Hi Timothy! I DO remember that! Thank you for the comment and nostalgia!

[@sammyswanksmith4807]

Forgive me if you've answered this already but it looks like there is a ton of frosting, cake layer scraps, and cookie crumbs left over. What do you usually do with those?

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Since I am constantly creating & testing new recipes almost daily I always have bulk buttercream and cake scraps and random things packing into my freezer! So yes, at times in a video it will look like I have an extreme excess of those things, but always on the written blog post on my website I work it all out to exact measures for everyone so you would not be left with all of that excess. Sometimes though on a rare occasion I may not be able to get a recipe to an exact measure for you all, so I would also write that in the explanation. Typically it's with a cake batter that may yield a bit of extra batter so I would say "just make a few extra cupcakes with the excess" Specifically though in my recent Fraisier Cake recipe/tutorial I explained the excess cake in that video since I did it in a sort of weird way & I was forthright about that in the video as well. But I gave some options for avoiding that excess cake in the video & in the written post as well Hope that is a clear explanation! :) Thanks for being here!

[@domojohn]

Hey Gretchen! With now switching to an all vegan buttercream, how long can you typically leave your cake out for? In a room temperature setting like at home

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

I would say in a cool temperature, below 70°F it will be perfect for about 2 days, eventually it will start to get droopy, that's why refrigeration is best as it will stay for a week!

[@lavlop100]

Hi Gretchen love your recipes, I was wondering if you have one you can share for a vegan spice cake? I’m making a cake for a friend’s bridal shower and she is vegan and loves spice cake. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!!

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Hey great idea! I don't specifically have that recipe but when I want to make a spice cake, I use my carrot cake and just amp up the spices! cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves at about 1 Tablespoon per recipe in place of the cinnamon listed here www.gretchensveganbakery.com/tropical-carrot-cake-recipe/ Take out the Carrots & Pineapple of course! But I would till probably go for the 2-2-2 Icing!! **now I want to make one too!

[@lavlop100]

@@GretchensVeganBakery OK last question, I would amp up the spices and use the same amounts of everything else omitting the carrot and apple correct? Thank you 🙏

[@thecupcakelady2014]

This looks yummy! Please veganize the strawberry version

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Thanks!! I did! Here it is! www.gretchensveganbakery.com/strawberry-crunch-cake/

[@Kelseyveg]

Gretchen, how long do you think the outer layer would stay crunchy?

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Only a couple of days. I refrigerated mine but I wrapped it well

[@abigailelizabeth4655]

When you were like what’s your favorite ice cream bar off the ice cream truck my first thought was SpongeBob and then you said about how you can tell what years someone’s born based on whether they took that or not and I was like so freaking true #90sbabies 😂 mines either that or the strawberry good humor one Edit: also this might sound random but thank you for actually mentioning that testing recipes can get expensive because no one ever talks about it and it makes me feel like I’m the only one who can’t afford it to Spend like copious amounts of money on ingredients to test recipes on my own

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

LOL! Omg Spongebob!?? seriously! :D Yes, sometimes it takes 3 and 4 tries to get it perfect and sometimes it doesn't ever get perfect! That's the worst!

[@cherylbertolini3140]

good humor truck

[@melissamilligan]

I didn’t realize shortening was so hard to find. Isn’t Crisco shortening? It’s vegan

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

Yes, but crisco leaves a very heavy, greasy mouth feel. Not pleasant

[@melissamilligan]

@@GretchensVeganBakery Sorry I just joined your page - so what would you use instead of Crisco if you did have to use shortening (or what were you using?) I really only knew of one. I never use it anyway but I’m just starting vegan baking

[@GretchensVeganBakery]

@@melissamilligan I would probably order the 50lbs of sweetex! LOL It's really the best, but see if you can search around for Hi-Ratio Shortening, THAT is what you are looking for, Crisco is really meant for frying food. Not baking

[@v.crowley]

Searching the internet to figure out what the ice cream coating is... Came across this video.. everyone is praising recipes... But this vid is just frosting the cake and nonstop irrelevant talking... -_-