Chocolate & muscovado fudge cake

My insatiable sweet tooth knows almost no bounds, so cake is something I take very seriously. This dense, gooey (and incidentally vegan) chocolate cake made with coconut oil is as much of a hit with my two-year-old as it is with my vegan brother

Chocolate & muscovado fudge cake

SERVES

10

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

30

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

40

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • For the icing:

  • 100g olive, coconut or vegetable oil

  • 65g dark muscovado sugar

  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder

  • 200g dark chocolate finely chopped

  • For the cake:

  • 200g plain or light spelt flour

  • 1 ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

  • 75g cocoa powder

  • 250g dark muscovado sugar

  • 75g olive, coconut or vegetable oil, plus extra for greasing

  • 1 ½ tsp vinegar (I use cider)

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