Vegan Chocolate Cake With Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

For The Cake:

• 200 grams all purpose flour
• 150 grams granulated sugar
• 4 tbsp cacao powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 250 ml water
• 4 tbsp coconut oil

For The Buttercream Frosting:

• 450 grams powdered sugar
• 100 grams cacao powder
• 100 grams coconut shortening or vegan butter
• 125 ml coconut milk
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Instructions

To Make The Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 180c degrees. And grease 2 x 16cm cake baking tins.
2. In a medium sized bowl, sift together all dry ingredients.
3. Add vinegar and coconut oil, and give it a good mix.
4. Add water, and mix again but make sure not to overmix the mixture.
5. Pour mixture into your prepared greased baking tins, and bake until a toothpick comes out clean from the centre of the cake.
6. Take the cakes out of the oven, and let them cool down on a cooling rack until they’re ready to be frosted.

To Make The Buttercream Frosting:

1. Add powdered sugar, cacao powder, coconut shortening or vegan butter, coconut milk and vanilla extract to a mixing bowl and using a hand mixer beat until it’s creamy and smooth.
2. If you need to thin out the buttercream frosting, you can add 1 tbsp of milk and mix again.
3. Frost the cake with the buttercream and serve,