Could chocolate cake be one of the world’s most welcome guests? A prolific traveller across the globe, and an integral part of office meetings, fundraisers, dinner parties, batmitzvahs and no doubt weddings, too, the chocolate cake plays an outsized role in helping people celebrate. So I thought it was about time I wrote a recipe for a crowd-friendly (read: large), vegan and joyful one.
Chocolate cake with sprinkles
Hot water has long been an ingredient in chocolate cakes: the theory is that the chocolate tastes richer because the water blooms the cocoa, which, along with the (barely detectable) banana, makes for a lovely, moist and luscious cake. Decorate as you wish:
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