Decadent chocolate cake

By foodiva

This plant based chocolate cake is moist, rich and absolutely delicious. My go to chocolate cake recipe.

Ingredients

• 3 cups of light spelt flour or gluten free flour blend
• 1/2 cup of cacao powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup of unsweetened apple sauce
• 1 1/2 cups of coconut sugar
• 3/4 cup of warm water
• 3/4 cup of cashew mylk (home made preferred)
• 1/3 cup avocado oil
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 35mins
Adapted from mygreenfork.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 on bake setting. Grease a 10 inch pan or a medium sized bundt pan and set aside.
Place flour into large bowl, add to it the cacao power and baking soda. Whisk for a couple of minutes to ensure well incorporated.
Place apple sauce, coconut sugar, water, mylk, oil, vinegar and vanilla into a blender and blend for a minute until completely smooth.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the wet mixture in. Fold or whisk until fully incorporated by hand. Try not to over-mix, but ensure no flour is visible.
Pour the mixture into the pan and place in the oven. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Instructions