Vegan Vanilla Cake

Ingredients

• 1.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda 
• 60 g coconut oil (or vegetable/rapeseed oil)
• 250  flour plain
• 1 tsp salt 
• 250 ml soy milk (or other dairy free milk)
• 250 g caster sugar 
• 2 tsp vanilla extract 
• 3 tbsp citrus champagne vinegar 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• whisk
• wire rack
• cake form
• microwave
• skewers

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180c/160c fan/gas mark 4.
2. Line a 20cm cake tin.
3. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl.
4. Mix together with a whisk.
5. Mix together all the wet ingredients in a jug. If you are using coconut oil and it is still a bit thick, pop the jug in the microwave for a quick blast, to give it a chance to melt.
6. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
7. Mix together lightly, then pour your cake batter into your tin.
8. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the cake is golden and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
9. Allow to cool in the tin for a while, before moving to a cooling rack.