Chocolate Cake--Vegan

[SweetLips]

This is the best chocolate cake I've ever made, and it didn't even need frosting it was so moist!

Chocolate Cake
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
2 cups vegan brown sugar
1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup soya milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Directions:
Combine dry ingredients. Add milk, oil, vanilla and beat for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water. Pour into pan 9 inch square cake pan. Bake 35-40 minutes at 350 F.

[Ephratahe]

Re: Chocolate Cake--Vegan

I like this recipe Sweetlips. But the cocoa part as me thinking whether or not carob can be substituted, and if so what quantity (whether the same as the cocoa or more/less). I guess the substition seemed a better vegan alternative.

[grandma2]

Re: Chocolate Cake--Vegan

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[SweetLips]

Re: Chocolate Cake--Vegan

I'm a little new to the vegan world, I'm actually vegetarian, but try to go vegan if possible, I'm almost there but not yet....I'm curious why carob would be a better vegan alternative than cocoa, because it seems more natural or does the cocoa have one of those sneaky additives or processed weird?

Would love to have some of your vegetarian recipes [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[grandma2]

Re: Chocolate Cake--Vegan

here is another Napi had posted

http://www.jamaicans.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=004076

[Ephratahe]

Re: Chocolate Cake--Vegan

It's a good thing I'm always so hungry Grandma, or I'd have missed this. I've been trying some new things - mostly hit and miss. But for the most part, I'm impressed with some of the things I'm coming up with [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] .

Hey Sweetlips: I think it's because cocoa (even in its natural form I think, but don't quote me on this) contains some amount of caffeine and people who are vegan tend to avoid caffeine. I'm more into the vegetarian thing myself - because I think it's more healthy, and because I once saw a dateline special on meats that really freaked me out. Needless to say, it wasn't like brain surgery for me after that [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] . A friend of mine who's vegan swears by these carob cookies that he always orders. I've personally never tried them, but I've tried some carob recipes and they weren't all that bad. I really like your recipe though, so I'm going to probably try it sometime in the future and substitute equal amounts, etc. and see what happens. Failing that, I'll have one of my friends who loves to cook keep trying, then I'll sample [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] .

[NapiHead327]

Re: Chocolate Cake--Vegan

SweetLips,

It's interesting that your recipie uses boiling water and the one I've been using calls for cold water. The art and science of cooking is so amazing! I'm going to try this recipie and see how it turns out.