I generally like my mother’s chocolate cakes a lot. Recently, she tried out a nutty vegan version of her chocolate cake which came out really delicious. Here is my mother’s recipe for the yummy cake.

Peanut Chocolate Cake

Time taken: 50 mins

Serves 8 to 10

Ingredients:

• Vegetable oil margarine – ¾ cup + 1 tbsp (for frosting)
• Sugar – 1 cup
• Banana – ½ , as an egg substitute
• Wheat flour – 1 ½ cup
• Soya milk – 1 cup
• Peanut – ½ cup, coarsely ground + 2 tbsp (for frosting)
• Vanilla – 2 tsp
• Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp + 1 tsp (for frosting)
• Baking powder – 1 tsp
• Baking soda – ½ tsp
• Icing sugar – 2 tbsp, for frosting

Method:

1. Sift the dry ingredients – the wheat flour together with the cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda – and keep aside.
2. Mash the banana in a bowl. Add the margarine and sugar to the bowl and whisk them together.
3. Gradually add the soya milk and continue whisking.
4. Stir in the coarsely ground peanuts and vanilla essence.
5. Slowly fold in the dry ingredients.
6. Pour the cake batter into a greased tray and bake at 190⁰C/374⁰F for 40 mins.
7. Whisk 1 tbsp margarine together with 1 tsp cocoa powder, 2 tbsp icing sugar and 2 tsp ground nuts to make the frosting.
8. Spread evenly on surface of the peanut chocolate cake, after the cake has sufficiently cooled.

Recipe source: Raji Thillainathan.