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     Title: VEGAN CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE
Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Vegetarian
     Yield: 8 servings

     2 c  Self-rising flour
          -(pref. 85% whole-wheat)
   1/4 c  Cocoa powder
     3 ts Baking powder
 1 1/3 c  Vanilla sugar
          -OR- Superfine sugar
     9 tb Sunflower oil
 1 1/2 c  Water
          Vegan margarine
          -for greasing

--------------------------------TO DECORATE--------------------------------
     1    Qty. Chocolate Fudge Icing
          -OR- Chocolate Buttercream
          Dark chocolate
          -coarsely grated
          Confectioners' sugar

-------------------------VEGAN LEMON CAKE VARIATION-------------------------
   1/2 c  -additional flour
     2 tb -Lemon juice
     1    -Lemon, rind grated

 Preheat the oven to 325 F.  Grease two 8- to 8-1/2-inch shallow cake pans
 and line the base of each with a circle of greased wax paper.

 Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into a bowl.  Add the sugar,
 oil and water.  Mix well to a batter-like consistency.  Pour the mixture
 into the prepared pans and bake for about 40 minutes, until the cakes
 spring back to a light touch in the center.

 Turn the cakes out onto a wire rack and strip off the wax paper.  Allow to
 cool completely.

 Sandwich the cake together with half the fudge icing or chocolate
 buttercream and coat the top with the rest.  Sprinkle on a little grated
 chocolate and confectioners' sugar.

 Variation: VEGAN LEMON CAKE:

 Use the additional amount of flour and omit the cocoa powder.  Replace 2
 tb. of the water with lemon juice and add the grated lemon rind.  Sandwich
 the cakes together and coat the top with lemon buttercream or fudge icing
 and decorate the cake with yellow sugar decorations and leaves cut from
 angelica.

 Source: The Complete Vegetarian Cuisine - by Rose Elliot ISBN:
 0-394-57123-1 Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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