... Chocolate Heaven ...

There is something very therapeutic in baking. Whenever I find myself stressed or stuck I always bake and/or write. I don’t know what it is, the smell of a freshly baked cake, the process of making something on your own form scratch, but it calms my wild soul. Whenever I am baking cakes it always reminds me of home, when my mum used to make us cake to have as a snack for school, and it fills me with a sweet nostalgia.

I have been trying to go meat free for a few months now for various reasons and whenever I can I do try to cook vegan as well.  As for baking I personally think that it makes everything healthier a bit and I don’t feel that guilty eating 4 pieces of cake afterwards (yes, it happens, you’ve done it too)

So, the other day I was feeling a bit puckish and I knew I wanted something with chocolate, so I used my best friend in cooking – google.

I found a recipe for a vegan chocolate cake and it looked very simple and quick, so I gave it a try. And Oh My God, I kid you not, this cake was the best cake I have made, ever! First of all, it was so soft and chocolaty inside and a bit crispier on the outside, it stayed like this for 4 days, plus it smelled so strongly of chocolate that my house smelled gorgeous for 4 days! I mean I have tasted a lot of chocolate cakes in my life, but half of the time cakes go dry after a day or they are very moist inside and it just doesn’t feel and taste as I would like a cake to. But this cake is seriously game changing! I will have the full recipe bellow if you wanted to give it a go and I will include the link that I found the recipe. If you decide to recreate this incredible cake sent from heaven, please tag me on Instagram of on Twitter so I can see what you created.

Happy baking!

You will need

For the cake:

130 g sunflower oil

370 g water

350 g granulated sugar

1 tablespoon vinegar

6 tablespoons cocoa powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

grated zest from 1 orange

450 g self-rising flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

For glaze

80 g cocoa powder

220 g icing sugar

1 tablespoon sunflower oil

120 g orange juice

Method

·      Preheat oven to 180* C (350* F) Fan.

·      In a large bowl, whisk together the sunflower oil, water and sugar.

·      Add the vinegar, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla, orange zest, flour and baking soda. Whisk until all of the ingredients are completely combined.

·      Lightly brush a 28 cm round cake pan with a hole in the middle with sunflower oil and dust with some cocoa powder.

·      Transfer mixture to prepared cake pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. Insert a knife into the center of the cake and if it comes out clean and dry it is ready.

·      In a bowl, whisk all of the ingredients for the glaze.

·      When the cake is ready, remove from oven and set it aside for 5 minutes.

·      Turn cake out on a wire rack, allow it to cool, cover with glaze and serve.

Recipe by Akis Petretzikis : Here

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