Vegan Chocolate Cake
OK this one isn't from the Royal Recipes box but it pretty much the only cake I know how to make. When I was teenager I was BIG into animal rights, I still am but now my stance is pretty much I feel passionate about certain things but it is not my place to try and convince any one else to (unless they are genuinely interested). I rarely tell people I am a vegetarian unless it comes up (like if we go for food together) it still puzzles me why people take issue with this and I wrote about it here, but there you go.
But where was I? When I was about 14 I became vegan for a couple of years (I still agree with the reasons to be a vegan and as a vegetarian I often feel like a bit of hypocrite as there is a LOT I disagree with about the diary industry). I held a bake sale around this time and made this Vegan chocolate cake, I decided not to label it as Vegan and sold it all within about half an hour with people even coming back for more. When they did I told them it was Vegan and every single person was surprised and admitted that if I had labeled it as such it would have put them off. True story
So here is the famous recipe:
(plus one teaspoon of salt)
3/4 of a cup of vegetable oil - essential
put in oven for 40 mins - 190c
and ta-da!
If you want to make icing too (and who doesn't) then you need...
and you have yourself a chocolate cake!
And there you go! You don't have to a vegan to enjoy this cake, I prefer it to a traditional chocolate cake in that it is more dense like a brownie consistency.
8 comments:
Oh my god it's not..it IS! It's the cake of awesome isn't it?
I'm so bookmarking this post so that I can have a go at some point. I have a feeling my attempt won't look quite as yummy, but I'll give it my best shot. ;)
Kim xx
That cake looks delicious! Will have to give it a go. One thing I would recommend is using vanilla extract rather than flavouring as the flavour carries through a lot better when baked. x
will be trying that one out soon! looks delicious
ps. i have 5 types of cheese right now ;) we love cheese!!!
p.p.s i want that pan :D
@kim its super easy! I am a rubbish baker! xx
@Ivana good shout, will try that next time xx
Oh my word, that is seriously amazing! I'd never believe that a cake could rise without eggs, is it the vinegar that does the binding then? (I'm slightly egg-phobic and constantly gag when making cakes, so a different method would be welcome!)
Nipping over from Recipe Of The Week.
looks great, amazing how you sold at the bake sale without labelling vegan, funny aren't we :)
My daughter is a vegan and I've been looking for vegan cake recipes so thank you for sharing! I've bookmarked it! (Here from Recipe of the Week Linky :)
Gracious this is JUST what I need. I'm hurry to update my supermarket delivery right now so that I can make this. :) Thanks for linking up to #recipeoftheweek. Loving the photography as usual. Pinned and Stumbled :D Do pop over and join in again! x
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