Vegan glazed chocolate cake recipe

This is one of the first vegan cakes I ever made, after a couple of personal tweaks it is now just perfect! If heated it becomes the most amazing chocolate fudge cake - fantastic with a scoop of soya ice cream or vegan cream! As you can see the one in the photo was for a birthday, but this is an "anytime" cake! Enjoy!

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Yorkshire, England, UK

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IngredientsMakes: 12 servings

• 160g plain flour
• 200g light brown sugar
• 40g unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 225ml warm water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or 1 vanilla bean)
• 50ml vegetable oil
• 30ml maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon cider vinegar

• Chocolate glaze
• 100g light brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons (60g) vegan margarine
• 2 tablespoons chocolate or vanilla soya milk
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

MethodPrep:15min ›Cook:30min ›Extra time:3hr cooling › Ready in:3hr45min

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Lightly grease a ring style or a 20cm (8 in) square tin. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa, bicarb and salt with a fork, making sure it's really well blended.
2. In a separate bowl mix together the wet ingredients then combine with the dry, using a fork until well mixed.
3. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for about 30 minutes or until well risen and a skewer comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack (about 2 hours).

For the glaze:

4. In a small saucepan, slowly bring the sugar, cocoa, margarine and soya milk to the boil. Stir frequently. Reduce the heat and simmer for 2 minutes stirring continuously. It will look a bit "gloopy", but don't worry, it's just the bubbles!
5. Remove from the heat and continue to stir for a further 5 minutes. It will begin to thicken. Add the vanilla then immediately pour over the cake. The glaze dries very quickly so spread it immediately! Let it cool for a further hour (if you can wait that long!!).

Tip

For an extra chocolaty kick, add a packet of choc chips!

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Reviews in English (12)

I made this a few weeks ago and it was delicious but was quite flat so made two to give it some depth for a birthday cake. next time i made it I doubled the quantity but I left all the ingredients except the cocoa in the bowl as I ran out of cocoa powder and therefore had to wait a couple of hours before adding it and putting into two tins. to my surprise it rose in both tins beautifully and so i had last Satursday a huge mountain of a cake with double helpings of glaze!! Maybe the other ingredients react when left but its the only thing i did differently.It is amazing though and another friend who has a dairy free egg free little one like mine has asked for the recipe. Cannot recommend this cake highly enough Yum doesnt cover it!!-23 May 2011

Holy Moly! This cake is awesome. Absolutely delicious.-27 Oct 2011

deeeelicious! The glaze especially, is to die for....-28 Apr 2011