Chocolate wacky cake
Chocolate wacky cake
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 3 cups self-raising flour
- 1½ cups coconut sugar (or brown or caster sugar)
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- 1 good teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ¾ cup neutral oil
Toppings
- icing sugar
- fresh fruit and marshmallows (use vegan marshmallows if necessary)
- 200 g dark chocolate
- ¾ cup plain yoghurt
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a 23cm square cake tin or similar.
- 2
Combine the flour, coconut sugar, cocoa, baking soda and a pinch of salt in a large bowl and whisk well.
- 3
In a separate bowl whisk together the water, vanilla, vinegar and oil, then pour the liquid ingredients into the dry and whisk until smooth and dark.
- 4
Pour mixture into the lined cake tin and bake for about 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Allow to cool before icing.
- 5
Either serve dusted with icing sugar and decorated with fresh fruit and marshmallows or make a fluffy (but not dairy free) chocolate icing. Melt dark chocolate in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until smooth (or use a double boiler).
- 6
Cool to room temperature then whisk in enough yoghurt for desired consistency. Ice cake and decorate with toppings of your choice.





