Recipe: German Chocolate Cake

Here is an excellent chocolate cake recipe. It is hands-down the best home baked cake I have tried!

I found the original recipe in The New Becoming Vegetarian Book which I recommend if you are thinking of making a change to a vegetarian or vegan diet. It contains advice on nutrition, with plenty of tips and a few recipes.

German Chocolate Cake:

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups white flour
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 6 tablespoons canola oil
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease two 23cm round cake pans.

Mix the dry ingredients well in a bowl. In a second bowl combine the wet ingredients. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.

Pour the cake mix into the cake tins and bake for about 30min (until a toothpick can be inserted into the middle of the cakes and removed dry).

Cool completely and spread icing or jam on the bottom of one upturned cake. Layer the next cake to the top and add icing.

Simple Chocolate Icing:

Ingredients:

• 3 cups icing sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 3 tablespoons soy milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation:

Combine sugar and cocoa. Stir in the margarine, soy milk and vanilla extract. The icing should be very stiff at first. If it is too stiff then mix in an extra tablespoon of soy milk.