Vegan Chocolate Cake 3

This one is lovely topped with chocolate ganache.

 

Ingredients:

50 g (about 3 tbsp or ¼ cup) coconut oil, plus a little extra to grease the dish

150 g flour

20 g ground almonds (or another 15 g flour, if you prefer)

45 g cocoa

175 g sugar (I use a combination of dark brown and white, to add a bit more depth of flavour)

½ tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp vanilla

235 ml (1 cup) coffee, water, or milk

30 ml (1/8 cup) maple syrup

 

Instructions:

1. Melt the coconut oil.

2. Sift all the dry ingredients together.

3. Mix in all the other ingredients.

4. Lightly grease a cake tin and bake for 15-25 minutes at 180 C.