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Posted: 31 May 2010 at 3:41pm |
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I made this cake yesterday not because I can't have dairy, but because I didn't have enough butter. I am now a convert to this cake, I'll never go back to my other recipes!
Grease and base-line a 20cm round, loose-based cake tin.
Heat the oven to 350F/180C/gas 4.
In a medium bowl, sift together:
250g (1 1/2 cups) plain flour
4 tbsp cocoa powder
250g (1 cup) caster sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
In a separate bowl, mix together:
5 tbsp (1/3 cup) of vegetable oil or apple puree
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla essence
250ml (1 cup) warm water.
Mix these into the dry ingredients until just amalgamated. Do not over mix.
Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 30-35 minutes until the cake has risen and springs back when pressed.
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Posted: 31 May 2010 at 5:13pm |
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Yummo, thanks Emma. I look forward to giving it a whirl
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Posted: 31 May 2010 at 7:45pm |
Just made this tonight - will let you know how it tastes tomorrow! 
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Posted: 31 May 2010 at 9:19pm |
That's basically the one I make, devine isn't it. Best thing is that it keeps for days  The recipe I have is a double of the above.
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Posted: 31 May 2010 at 9:37pm |
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amykt for sure, let us know how it goes!
AandCsmum it is fantastic!! I genuinely thought it wouldn't be that great, DH wasn't keen at all thinking it would be really dry - but it's actually the best cake I've ever made and it tastes better today than it did yesterday when I made it!
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Posted: 01 June 2010 at 12:44pm |
ok - truely is really yummy! so nice and soft too and soooo easy to make - i hate recipes where you have to cream butter and sugar, this one is simple as!
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Posted: 01 June 2010 at 1:26pm |
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amykt YAY! So glad you like it!!
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Posted: 01 June 2010 at 3:35pm |
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Do you need to ice it? What/how do you do that dairy free?
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Posted: 01 June 2010 at 4:05pm |
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I didn't ice mine but I'm sure there are dairy free icing recipes out there - I don't have one that I could recommend though.
In saying that, it was really good without the icing, I just dusted it with icing sugar and it was great.
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Posted: 01 June 2010 at 7:06pm |
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You could just ice it with icing sugar, food colouring, and water? Or add some cocoa instead of food colouring if you wanted chocolate icing.
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Posted: 01 June 2010 at 7:15pm |
Emma, it's way better the day after, we never eat it on the day we make it
Dust with icing sugar, delish enough to have without icing or just making cocoa icing (cocoa, icing sugar & water)
Also if you leave out the cocoa it makes a nice vanilla cake
Oh & if you do the double recipe I find it makes a ring tin plus a loaf tin enough for the whole week.
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Posted: 01 June 2010 at 7:52pm |
Ah excellent thanks for the help ladies.
I've only ever made ganache as icing, I'm so new to this dairy free stuff. I bought some vinegar today so will give it a go tomorrow.
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Posted: 02 June 2010 at 9:02am |
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AandCsmum awesome, thanks for the tips!
I didn't think to make the water/cocoa/icing sugar icing so I might give that a go the next time I make it. I'm loving it just on it's own though.
Let us know how it goes today Tara!
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Posted: 03 June 2010 at 11:15am |
Yummo.
Only thing is my cake tin was too big so next time I think I'll "have" to double the mix because it came out quite small 
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Posted: 03 June 2010 at 12:21pm |
 MamaT wrote:
Do you need to ice it? What/how do you do that dairy free? |
I make butter icing but replace with Olivani and Soy Milk.
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Posted: 03 June 2010 at 3:07pm |
Oh thanks Tishy, that sounds good too. Another good excuse to make another cake
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Posted: 15 June 2010 at 7:48pm |
OMG!! I just made this and it is to DIE for!!!! Thanks so much for sharing
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Posted: 30 April 2011 at 7:34pm |
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Posted: 30 April 2011 at 8:06pm |
Just saw this was bumped, this is still my go to cake and I make it at least a few times a month for people (mainly for DH!!) I still maintain it's the yummiest, easiest cake I've ever made!
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Dairy Free Chocolate Cake - REALLY GOOD!!
