Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe

Try out this basic Vegan Chocolate Cake recipe — its simple to follow and absolutely delicious!

Ingredients

1 ½ cups plain flour
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup vegan sugar (or less, depending on how sweet you like your cake)
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
5 tablespoons cooking oil (my preference is rice bran oil)
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 cup cold water

Serves 6- 8

Preheat oven to 355˚F (180˚C).

Mix sifted flour, cocoa, baking soda, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
Make 3 holes in the dry ingredients. Put vanilla essence into one, oil into another and cider vinegar into the third. Pour cold water over the top. Mix only enough to combine all ingredients.

Pour the batter into a greased parchment paper lined 8 inch round pan.
Bake for 30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

Serve warm with fresh fruit or any one of the delicious frosting recipes listed. Enjoy!

Go to vegan chocolate cake if you want to try other delicious vegan chocolate treats.

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