Vegan/Almost Vegan Chocolate Cake – Maria Middlestead

Ingredients

• 1½ cups rice flour*
• ½ cup walnut pieces
• ½ cup packed prunes
• 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp sea salt
• ½ tsp ground cloves
• 315 ml (1¼ cups) blackcurrant or boysenberry juice (such as Coral Tree Organic NZ Apple & Blackcurrant juice which has no added sugar; from health stores)
• 3 Tbsp red wine vinegar (or other vinegar but a dark, grunty type adds to flavour and colour depth)
• 250 ml (1 cup) mild cold pressed oil*
• 125 ml (½ cup) honey or agave syrup*
• 2 tsp natural vanilla extract*
• 10 small squares (about 55 grams) or more coarsely chopped chocolate
• Use raw chocolate with no added sugar or artificial sweetener – from health stores; or dark, dairy-free chocolate such as Whittaker’s Dark Ghana (contains cane sugar though)