Food By Maria

-1 Lightly grease a 12X8 baking pan with vegan or non-vegan butter and set it aside.
-1 Preheat your oven to 350F.
-1 To a small bowl, add your apple cider vinegar and plant-based milk.  Stir to combine and set aside.  Do not worry about the curdling, this is meant to happen.  It is essentially cream!
-1 To a large bowl, add your brown sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Whisk till well combined and there are no lumps.
-1 To the bowl, add the coconut oil, vanilla and milk mixture.  Using a hand mixer or whisk, begin whisking for around 1-2 minutes or until combined.  The mixture should be lumpy. Gently add in the boiling water and whisk for another 30 seconds.
-1 Transfer mixture to the baking tin and bake for 20-25 minutes.  Remove from the oven and let the cake cool completely in the baking tin.
-1 For the frosting, simply add all your ingredients into a high-speed blender and blend for 1 minute and 30 seconds. Place the frosting in the fridge for 10 minutes before frosting the cake.
-1 Enjoy with fresh berries or some vanilla ice cream or both!