Decadent Double-Chocolate Vegan ‘Love’ Cake With Raspberry Filling | VegNews

Ingredients

• For the cake:
• ⅓ cup
• vegan butter
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2½ cups
• self-rising flour
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for dusting
• ½ cup superfine sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½
• vanilla bean pod
• , scraped
• ½ cup fresh raspberries, roughly chopped, plus more for topping
• For the chocolate frosting:
• 7 ounces
• vegan dark chocolate
• ⅓ cup vegan butter  
• 2 tablespoons
• almond milk
• ½ cup
• confectioners’ sugar
• , sifted, plus more for dusting