April 1, 2012 – Veggiewitch

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Despite this photo, my cakes are not radioactive.

It was my mother’s birthday today, so I was busy making a cake to bring for her. I wanted to dodge any potential queries from my Elflings for nosh, so I also brought along a big tub of Warm Potato & Quinoa Salad. This Mama tries very hard to think ahead. ;0)

Marble Cake

2¼ C flour*

1½ C sugar*

½ C butter*

1¼ C coconut milk*

3½ tsp baking powder*

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla*

3 eggs or replacer (En-r-G – substitute strong coffee for water)

2 Tbsp cocoa*

* = Organic

∴ Preheat oven to 350°F/176°C/Gas Mark 4. Grease bottoms and sides of 2 round cake-pans. Lightly flour them, too. Whip butter and add sugar. Continue beating to incorporate. Add baking powder, salt, vanilla, egg/replacer, and milk. Beat to mix. Add flour and keep beating. Pour out a little less than half the batter into another, small bowl, and stir in the 2 Tbsp of cocoa. Mix well. Alternate dollops of batter into your prepared pans. Stir swirls into the chocolate and vanilla batters with either a toothpick, chopstick, knife or other stick-type utensil (fingers work). Bake 20-25 minutes.

Before baking…

…fresh from the oven!

Chocolate Icing

2 C powdered sugar*

¼ C butter*

¼ C coconut milk (dairy, almond, etc)

¾ C cocoa* powder

½ tsp vanilla*

* = Organic

∴ Cream the butter and add the sugar, cocoa, vanilla, and coconut milk. Beat until well-blended. Ice cooled cakes. Enjoy!

Marble cake layers.

Iced and ready to eat. *happy dancing* (I should have waited for the cake to cool completely, and iced it this morning, but I am guilty of being impatient)