Vegan Chocolate Cake

Asked by Maureen2108. Answered on 29th October 2015

Full question

I thought I heard Nigella say (on Woman's Hour) that she had made a successful vegan chocolate cake, ie one with no eggs. My grandson cannot tolerate dairy at all, and is also allergic to eggs, although he can eat a small piece of cake with made with eggs. I know (from experience!) that it's really difficult to make a successful cake without eggs, so I probably mis-heard Nigella, but I thought I'd ask. Many thanks

Our answer

Nigella did appear on the UK radio show Woman's Hour recently and took with her a vegan chocolate cake that is featured in her new book Simply Nigella. The cake is the Dark And Sumptuous Chocolate Cake. It is egg-free and dairy-free and the frosting is dairy-free. The cake is also exceptionally easy to make.

Unfortunately the recipe for the cake is not available for the time being on the Nigella website but it can be found on p284 of Simply Nigella.