
Cakes & Traybakes
One-Bowl Vegan Chocolate Cake: Deep, Soft, Simple
For one 20cm vegan chocolate cake, whisk 250g plain flour, 200g caster sugar, 40g cocoa, 6g bicarbonate of soda, and 3g fine salt.
Vegan cakes need the same things as any reliable bake: a workable ratio, the correct pan, enough structure, and an oven that has actually reached temperature. These recipes show the arithmetic rather than asking optimism to hold the crumb together. Flour is a raw ingredient. Do not taste batter, clean floury surfaces, and bake through using the recipe's time and doneness checks.

For one 20cm vegan chocolate cake, whisk 250g plain flour, 200g caster sugar, 40g cocoa, 6g bicarbonate of soda, and 3g fine salt.

For a 20cm vegan lemon drizzle traybake, whisk 250g plain flour, 160g caster sugar, 8g baking powder, 2g bicarbonate of soda, 2g salt, and the zest of 2.