Mexican Chocolate Cake

[pakaboori]

Hi everyone! This community sure has grown quickly...yay!

I'm not vegan, but I happened to try this vegan recipe from bakebakebake for "Mexican Chocolate Cake" a few weeks ago when I was low on non-vegan cake ingredients. It features cinnamon and chili powder; I halved the recipe and got about 10 cupcakes. I forgot to halve the chili powder, though, so the

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Brownies to the rescue!

[immapixie]

here is a recipe from COK's dessert recipe page. They have some other stuff that uses more normal type ingredients. Cakes are pretty easy to make with out getting vegan-ish stuff, and you can use store bought frosting (many are vegan!).

This recipe calls for optional chocolate chips. You don't have to look for vegan on the package (or buy carob...ew...), lotsa brands are vegan like Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips and a lot of cheaper store brands too.

Chewy Fudge BrowniesMakes 20 brownies

Re: Brownies to the rescue!

[pakaboori]

Oooh looks delicious! Thanks very much :)

[kari_louise]

i know this is off topic but am i the only one who cant stand the smell of apple cider vinegar, i cant eat something if i put it in the recipe cause i just smell it and it grosses me out!

Immapixie

[anonymous]

Your recipe looks divine. You are absolutely genius!

[noodles_morgyn]

White vinegar can almost always be substituted for apple cider vinegar in baking... I think apple cider vinegar is supposed to give a slightly sweeter taste or something, but really, you only ever use a tablespoon or so at the most, and I can't tell the difference.

[pakaboori]

Ah, that makes sense! Thanks for the tip :)