Happy Vegan Valentine's Day

As usual my best friend Jasmine is being my Valentine, it's become a bit of a tradition now. Tonight we're having a romantic vegan dinner and I've made her a dairy free chocolate cake which tastes rather good. The recipe is from a book my mum wrote about raising children vegan, sly bit of advertisement for my mum there...

You will need for a 7-9" tin or 24 cupcakes:

• 9oz self-raising flour
• 5oz sugar
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• pinch of salt
• 125mls sunflower oil
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• 2 tsps vanilla essence
• 300mls water

1. Preheat the oven to 180C and grease the tin with a little oil or margarine, or line a mufin tin with paper cases.
2. Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt in a large bowl.
3. In a jug mix the sunflower oil, vinegar and vanilla essence with a fork.
4. Pour into the bowl and add the water. Mix everything together.
5. Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, test with a knife to see if it's cooked.
If you want to make the icing, sift 4oz of icing sugar and 2 tbsp of cocoa powder into a bowl and mix with a little water. The chocolate sprinkles were a gift from Germany but you can find something similar from a supermarket.

This is one of the best Valentine's day cards I have ever seen, enjoy. And have a wonderful day.

Love Eve

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