Vegan Chocolate Cake

this is my own verry top secret chocolate cake recipe which ive found even non-vegans absolutely adore. so i thought I'd share it here with the tribe. be warned its a verry moist, verry chocolately cake and is not for the faint of heart.

1/2 cup cocoa poweder
2 1/2 cups self raising flour
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1/2 cup silken or soft tofu
1 cup chocolate soymilk
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp vanila essence/extract
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water


Preheat oven to 175C

just mix all the dry ingrediants together.

Then blend all the wet ingrediants minus the water together in a food processor or blender (til the tofu isn't in solid clumpy bits)

then add to dry mix with water

Add to a pan, I use 8inch round pans.

bake for around 30 minutes, test it with a knife to make sure it comes out clean.

for the more adventurous types you can add stuff to this if you like. get a block of white veggo or plain veggo chocolate and cut it up into tiny pieces and mix it through the batter like chocolate chips. (I personally like to get some lovely 70% dark choclate and throw chunks in mmmmmm)

If the mixture tastes too floury or too much like baking soda cause apparently it does sometimes, just add a little more soymilk.

Yummm. I might have to try this sometime.

IT IS SOOOOOO GOOD <3

aww Bree! did you make my cake? it is a bit awesome isnt it? =D

Yes, I made it..

I love it muchly.
A bit?! ITS FREAKING ALL AWESOME <3

well that makes me verry happy that someone out there can appreciate all the time and trial and error that went into perfecting that recipe.. none of this fake egg shite everyone expects me to use in cakes.. and believe me you dont want to see the sadness that was one of my earlier attepts.. when i tried to cut it it dsort of disintergrated into what looked like chocolatey cat food.

Hahaha. Practice makes perfect.
Which is what i'll need when making it.
Didnt turn out good. but still tastes very yummy <3

haha yeah... it often comes out looking quite munty. thats where icing sure comes in handy... sometimes , when ovens hate me it will cook perfectly right up until the center and because its the centre that you test to check if something is ready you dont think it is but icm out from the centre it is and i dont want to overcook my cake i take it out then ad use hot melted chocolate to fill in the middle and spread over to top wich also looks awesome. people tink youre a genuis when your realy just covering your ass for stuffing up the cake

It sounds lovely!!

ours didnt cook completely. and it was in for ages.
We gave up and ate it anyways. It was just the centre that was a tiny bit undercooked.

yeah thats exactly the thing I'm talking about... but its lucky that theres nothing in it that can make you sick if you eat it undercoocked

Yeah which is a plus.
I've never made a vegan cake bfore

I made it on EA's birthday. I made all my friends sing happy birthday before they could get a piece. Lol. It was amazing! I agree, I usually only found those recipes with like... the fake eggs and stuff. I really liked this though!

^^ that would have been epic.

Is the tofu a noticeable taste coz I don't really like tofu

I don't think I would have identified it as tofu if I hadn't known.

^^ me either.

sounds really good! i'll have to try it!