i love this cake, would have given it 5 stars, but it totally sticks to my non-stick pan and comes out a mess. What are you doing that I'm not :(

I love this recipe because I had everything in my cupboard to try this. I used 1 cup decaf coffee (because I baked this at 7p & didn't want to be up all night) and only 1 tsp of vanilla extract for the glaze & it came out perfect. I'm not sure how much sweeter the glaze would be with another tsp of vanilla extract. The aroma of the cake in the oven was hypnotizing. Everyone in the house couldn't wait to dig in. We love how tasty it is & I had a hard time not eating the glaze by itself! Thank you for this recipe, I will be baking this for a loooooong time.

Super easy and oh-so-good. Seriously one of the best chocolate cake recipes ever! Fluffy cake and rich glaze!

Lucy, we do have baking soda here - it's bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate.

The vinegar and bicarb are being used in this recipe instead of baking powder, so I would expect the flour to be plain flour (that's how I make cakes like these, anyway). You could use baking powder, but leave out the vinegar.

Based in the UK and looking for a birthday cake for my daughter who is vegan through allergies. I'm very new to vegan baking so this website is fab. I just wondered if someone could tell me if the flour used in this recipe is plain flour or what we call self-raising flour here? Also I cant get hold of baking soda here so i'm going for baking powder which i'm told is different and that i'll need to add more. Thanks for any help!

I am new to the vegan lifestyle, but a complete chocoholic! And this is by far the best chocolate cake I have ever had! I loved it! I did substitute the oil with apple sauce though, and only used 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract in the frosting. It was a huge hit with the family, and will most definitely be making it again!

I've been make this cake for well over a decade. I found it first on a CD of recipes that came with a computer oh so long ago. It was called Wacky Chocolate Cake! It is hands down the BEST recipe out there for ANY, vegan or not, chocolate cake! I recently made it for my daughters 1st birthday and covered it in vegan marshmallow fondant. Everyone loved it!

This cake is wonderful! I made it with wholemeal flour and rapadura sugar, so it was even healthy. Would not change a thing - you would never know it it is vegan, and what's more you wouldn't care - it is so good!

I baked as cupcakes as originally posted and they had a beautiful domed top, which was unexpected. When baked as a cake, the cake appeared flat, so was concerned it was not going to have a beautiful dome. This recipe is perfect as is and definitely no need for any modifications in my opinion...

I was wondering if I can get some help with converting this recipe into cupcakes. The cake is so amazing, that my family continutes to ask for it!! I will be using this recipe for my grandson's birthday but would like to turn them into cupcakes---with a domed top! This recipe bakes flat (using baking soda), which is PERFECT for cakes, but I've been researching on how to give the cake a domed appearance and I believe it is using baking powder--someone correct me if I'm wrong. Will put it to the test to see if I am successful and post results.

I am not a vegan, a member of my household has recently turned vegan. I was baking a ciabatta when I realised it wasn't vegan and I should find something to bake for Jo. She loves chocolate cake and I think it would be one of the things she would have missed most. I made this cake and she was delighted, she said it was the best chocolate cake she had ever tasted, vegan or otherwise, and it felt like there was a party going on in her mouth.
I have to agree with her, it is delicious. The rest of the household could hardly believe it was vegan. Made it with the glaze and that was delicious too! Will be bookmarking it for later use.

Looooooove this cake. Made the frosting and loved it. Family couldn't believe it was vegan! Oh yummmmmmmm!

Thanks for the recipe, the cake turned out moist and flavorful (I used coffee). I made the glaze as well and it worked well with this cake. My only suggestion: the recipe tells you to mix everything in the baking pan, I tried it and I really think that it is easier to mix the batter in a bowl and then pour it into the pan. I think it's faster this way...

I made this cake this in the form of cupcakes and used my own frosting. The cake had a very nice texture and was moist. While I would rank it well above the box mixes I used once upon a time, it was missing something in the flavor department. I used water and not coffee, so maybe that would have given it the extra something-something I was looking for. Thanks for the recipe, I will be trying it again with the coffee next time.