Vanilla and Chocolate Cake | VEGAN

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So I've never made a cake before and even though I'm more of a brownie person, I really wanted to make a tasty vegan cake. I came across a lot of recipes, made some personal alterations and here we are! I can proudly say that this was a success! This cake is perfect for a birthday party or any other special ocassion. It's incredibly easy and don't be afraid to give it a try even if you're not quite the baker. My non-vegan family absolutely loved it, which goes to show that vegan desserts can be just as delicious as the non-vegan ones!

     For the cake

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/3 non-dairy milk
• 2 medium ripe bananas 
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2  1/2  tbsp cocoa powder
• extra 2 tbsp flour
• 1 container of vanilla powder (or 1 tbsp vanilla extract)

      For the icing

• 
  2 tbsp non-dairy milk
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp vegan butter
• 1 vanilla
• 2 cups icing sugar

Instructions 

In a large bowl mix the flour (minus the 2 tbsp), the vanilla, the baking soda and the sugar.

Mash up the two bananas and add them to the mixture. Add the milk and the vinegar as well and mix well.

Now, separate the mixture into two bowls. I had about 1/3 of the mixture in the second bowl, in which you're going to add the 2 1/2 tbsp of cocoa powder. Now add 2 tbsp flour in the vanilla mixture and mix both of them well. This is what you'll want to end up with.

It's baking time! Pour each mixture into two 8 inch pans lined with parchment paper. Bake them for 20-22 minutes, depending on your oven.

Once they're done, leave them to cool for as long as possible. (I left mine for half an hour but I recommend you leaving them longer than that.) 

The vanilla cake should be thicker that the chocolate one, because you're going to cut it in half.

To make the icing, just mix all of the ingredient listed above, just make sure to graduall add the icing sugar until you have the desired consistency.

Now it's time to resemble the cake. First take half of the vanilla cake that you just cut and spread the top of it with the icing.

Now lay the chocolate cake on top and spread some icing on it too.

Lastly, add the second part of the vanilla cake on top and spread the rest of the icing. I also cut the edges of the cake, just for presentation points. Of course, you can be creative with the toppings but I decided to keep it simple and chocolatey!

And voila, the cake is ready to be served!