Really Decadent Chocolate Cake

Name: Really Decadent Chocolate Cake
Yield: Makes one 20 cm (8 in) cake
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb 2 oz/generous 3½ cups) icing sugar; 1 tbsp vanilla essence; 85 g (3 oz/generous ⅓ cup) Vegan Butter or vegan spread; 80 g (2¾ oz) cocoa powder; 6 tbsp light olive oil or rapeseed oil; 250 g (9 oz/1¼ cups) caster (superfine) sugar; 75 g (2¾ oz) dark vegan chocolate, melted; 6 tbsp soya milk; 115 g (4 oz) dark vegan chocolate, melted; 250 g (9 oz/generous 1¾ cups) self-raising flour; 1½ tbsp freshly-squeezed lemon juice; 350 ml (12 fl oz/scant 1½ cups) plant milk; 30 g (1 oz) cocoa powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); ½ tsp baking powder

Preparation info

Makes
one
20 cm 8 in ) cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Rose Elliot's Complete Vegan

By Rose Elliot

Published 2019

About

This is a big, voluptuous chocolate cake with a glossy, fudgy icing. It’s a real showstopper and makes the perfect cake for any celebration or special occasion.

Ingredients

350 ml (12 fl oz/scant 1½ cups) plant milk
1½

Cake
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Lightly grease two 20cm (8in) cake tins (pans) and line the bases with baking parchment.

Mix the milk with the lemon juice in a bowl and set aside to curdle.

Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) and