This super chocolatey easy vegan chocolate cake is rich, fudgy and made with basic store cupboard ingredients. You’d never guess it’s vegan!

If you’re looking for a delicious chocolate and/or cake fix it doesn’t come bigger (or easier) than this ridiculously easy vegan chocolate cake.  All you need is a couple of bowls, a spatula, a tin and literally 10 minutes of weighing and mixing.  It only takes just 30 minutes of cooking time too!

Because right now, chocolate cake, or the mere prospect of vegan cake is a tiny beacon of hope in a world that’s been ever so slightly turned on its axis.  If there’s still chocolate cake in the world then that must mean, one day, everything is going to be ok, right?

How are we all doing out there?  I’m taking it one day at a time.  My efforts to spend less time attached to my phone have gone out of the window as I rotate between being completely fine and being panicked while anxiously checking the news for updates.  I’m teary  at the efforts of some while shaking my head in disbelief at the stupidity of others.

I’m trying to restore some normality in the upside down-ness of it all.  And cooking, specifically baking, grounds me.  It’s something I can control.

I’m trying to take a leaf out of The Book of Nooch.  Can you believe I took this photo of Nooch in the middle of making this chocolate cake?  The contrast of laid back style to the relentless crumb stalking underfootedness of Meg hurts my heart some days.  But I squeeze him and breathe him in and all is a little better for a while.

Our cooking at the moment has definitely become less fancy.  I’m increasingly turning to the store cupboard staples of dried beans and pulses for hearty, warming comfort food.  Big saucepans of something soupy or casserole-y all mopped up with several chunks of super easy homemade crusty bread

But then we started binge watching old episodes of The Great British Bake Off.  And I don’t know about you but I CANNOT watch this without cake.

So I needed a cake that was quick, easy, no fuss, no frills, minimal washing up and, most importantly, chocolatey enough to satisfy.  And what came out of it was a cake SO EASY and SO GOOD we made one, ate it and then Phil made another because we had none left.  Then of course I had to make one to photograph and share all this cakey chocolate goodness with you all.

Can eggless cake really be that good?

Don’t worry about this cake being eggless (or vegan).  This chocolate cake is literally for everyone.  It’s light but rich and fudgy and incredibly moreish.  And I promise, you won’t even miss the eggs or dairy.

So what’s getting you through this?  How are you coping with food?  Are you getting super creative with ingredients?  We’re here with you and easy vegan chocolate cake really does help 😉

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