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I finally got some time to write down this post. And as promised, here’s the chocolate cake recipe. Chocolate cake is a favourite for many people, vegans and non-vegans alike! One of my biggest fear when I was going through my transition phrase from vegetarian to vegan was how was I going to bake nice cakes without eggs? I have been always passionate about cooking and baking. And chocolate cake has always been my favourite!<\/p>\n

I stumbled over this post<\/a> one day on the Veganfitness forum and was thrilled to find that I could still make good chocolate cake and better still without eggs! From what I can recall, this vegan chocolate cake is far better than any non-vegan ones I\u2019ve eaten before. I never liked the smell of eggs when the cake was baking or even afterwards. I only wished I had discovered this recipe before!<\/p>\n

I made this cake for my sister’s friend’s boyfriend (It was the latter\u2019s birthday). I am always very nervous when baking cakes for people other than my family. As sometimes, despite using the same ingredients and doing the same procedures, the cake just doesn’t turn out quite the same. I’ve never been able to understand this. *sigh*
\nI was very nervous about this one; it didn’t rise as much as it should have. It usually rises to almost double but for some reason this one did not quite rise very well. It could be because I opened the oven halfway through to put in my Semolina Carrot Cake<\/a> which I was baking simultaneously.
\nOpening the oven sometimes can cause cakes to collapse! But anyway, the feedback I got for the cake was good! I even got a piece to taste the next day! The taste was just the same as usual.<\/p>\n

The recipe on the Veganfitness forum is for quite a small cake. I\u2019ve quadrupled some of the quantities (adjusting some) and I\u2019ve also substituted the vegetable oil for melted vegan margarine.
\nAlthough margarine does make the cake taste better, I think in future I will try using vegetable oil itself to cut down on the hydrogenated fats. I\u2019ve been reading DrEddyClinic Alkaline Diet Blog<\/a> on Trans-Acidic Fats and how they can be very harmful for the body.<\/p>\n

So here goes the Chocolate Cake\u2026<\/p>\n

Ingredients
\nCake:
\n480 g self raising flour (or 1 additional teaspoon of baking soda if using plain)
\n6 tablespoons cocoa powder
\n2 1\/2 teaspoons baking soda
\nPinch salt
\n300 g demerara\/unrefined sugar
\n225 ml melted margarine
\n450 ml soy milk
\n6 tablespoons vinegar (cider vinegar is best)
\n1 teaspoon vanilla essence<\/p>\n

Icing:
\n200 g vegan cooking chocolate
\n4 tablespoons water<\/p>\n