Vegan-Friendly Chocolate Cake

[admin]

At last I'm getting round to posting this. This delicious, moist chocolate cake always gets a good response from those who try it. Enjoy!!

3 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
2 cups sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/3 cup cocoa
pinch of salt
2 cups boiling water
1 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla essence
50 ml white vinegar
27 cm x 39 cm baking pan

Sift dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Mix the liquid ingredients together separately and then slowly pour over the dry ingredients while gently stiring with a fork (if you pour too fast it may bubble over). After mixing with a fork, mix well with a beater.

Pour batter into pan.
Bake at 180 degrees Celsius. Time may vary, I usually just wait until you can smell it and then prod it with a knitting needle to see if it is done.

Its a pretty flat cake that serves many. Ice as you like (sometimes i don't even bother icing it). VERY YUMMY

[Babz]

Just a question.

The cup that you measure the ingredients
in, is it the same size as the American one ?

[admin]

1 cup = 250 ml
1 tsp = 5ml


We work with metric standards in SA.

[kathyv]

This looks good even if you aren't Vegan. . . I may have to take it to Thanksgiving and NOT tell the hubby's family what they are eating! LOL

[mikeyBoab]

Is the vinegar necessary? I always find that when you use vinegar the dish (whatever it might be) tastes of . . . vinegar.

[admin]

I think it is the vinegar, bi-carb, baking powder combo that makes the cake rise. Trust me, you don't notice it! All you taste is chocolate... mmmm...

[kathyv]

I suppose you could sub in buttermilk of you were opposed to the vinegar but that would change it from vegan I bet.

Lemon juice could probably be subbed in as well, something acidic to react with the sodas.