Food: Think you can't eat chocolate cake if you're vegan? Think again!

Other than when I was feeding my dairy allergy baby, I have avoided going fully vegan. I eat many vegan things but I just love chocolate, especially milk chocolate. Through being vegan when feeding I found mint dark chocolate that helped ease my cravings and I try to keep up with that but I do like a treat over the weekend or the option of a nice slab of chocolate cake or pudding.


Perhaps if I'd known how many bakes and treats can be made vegan, I may have gone there sooner. Since my littlest one has weaned and is still egg and dairy free, I have had to find work arounds so he doesn't miss out on treats.


I found an excellent egg replacer from Holland and Barrett that I now use mainly in cakes, rather than faffing around with aquafaber and chia seeds. But some bakes, like this one, don't even need eggs, or milk!


This cake still gives a fudgey, gooey chocolatey hit that you are sure to love.


The recipe requires:


1 cup plain flour

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 tbsp baking soda

1 tbsp vanilla essence

6 tbsp coconut oil

1 cup icing sugar

1/2 cup oat milk

milk free buttons, berries, cherries to decorate


heat oven to 180

combine dry ingredients

add warm water and vanilla

mix thoroughly

grease a tin with oil

bake for 30 minutes

in a pan mix oil, oat milk, icing sugar, cocoa powder, and melt

once out of the oven pour over the melted chocolate and eat while warm


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