Vegan Chocolate Cake 4

We stayed at a lovely B&B in Pembrokeshire and the wonderful host made a vegan chocolate cake for M, since we had told her that M couldn’t have dairy or soya. It was delicious and we’ve now adapted it and made it at home. It’s wonderful topped with fresh berries.

 

Ingredients:

1¼ cups flour

1/3 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

¾ cup sugar (or more if you like it sweet)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup vegetable oil plus extra to oil the tin

1 tsp balsamic vinegar

1 cup warm water

 

icing

½ cup icing sugar

2-3 tbsp cocoa powder

2 tsp vanilla

4 tbsp margarine

 

Instructions:

1. Mix all the cake ingredients together until well blended.

2. Oil the cake tin and pour the mixture into it.

3. Bake at 175 C for 20-25 minutes (until a knife comes out clean). Cool for an hour.

4. Mix the icing ingredients together and spread on the cake.