Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Centigrade
- Grease and line the bottom of both cake tins
- In a jug or small bowl mix together the milk, vinegar, oil and vanilla. Set aside
- In a large bowl combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, add the yoghurt and stir well until you have a thick but well combined mixture with no lumps of raw flour.
- Divide between the two cake tins and level off. Bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and a knife comes out clean.
- Remove from the tins and cool on a wire rack.
- Whilst the cakes are cooling, make the icing.
- Melt the chocolate and leave to cool
- Whisk together the margarine, icing sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Whisk in the chocolate until the buttercream is a uniform colour. It will thicken considerably once the chocolate is added.
- Use the buttercream the fill and completely cover the cake. Decorate as desired.
Notes
To make a traybake version for a 20cm x 20cm square tin:
150g self-raising flour
35g cocoa powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
70g caster sugar
180g dairy-free milk
1/2 tsp vinegar
40g dairy-free yoghurt
25ml oil
1 tsp vanilla - Follow the instructions of the sandwich cake, using just one tin and bake for 20-25 minutes. Use the same amount of icing for a generous layer
35g cocoa powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
70g caster sugar
180g dairy-free milk
1/2 tsp vinegar
40g dairy-free yoghurt
25ml oil
1 tsp vanilla - Follow the instructions of the sandwich cake, using just one tin and bake for 20-25 minutes. Use the same amount of icing for a generous layer
