Low Fat Vegan Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup unbleached cane sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup cold coffee or 1/2 cup espresso
• 3 tablespoons safflower oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon vinegar

Recipe

• 1 lightly oil a 9-inch springform or cake pan and set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt, and set aside.
• 3 in a measuring cup or small bowl, whisk together all of the wet ingredients, except the vinegar.
• 4 add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and whisk well to combine. drizzle the vinegar over the top of the batter and whisk quickly to incorporate.
• 5 pour batter into the prepared springform pan. bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• 6 allow to cool on a rack for 10 minutes, loosen edges with a knife, remove the ring, and allow cake to cool completely.