Chocolate Vanilla Marble Cake (Vegan, Sugar-free, Gluten-free)

Hi everyone!

Today's recipe is for a chocolate and vanilla marble cake. I adapted this recipe from Mary Berry's Baking Bible to make it vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free. Its a great cake to eat on a rainy day with a nice cup of tea, but it must be eaten fresh as it doesn't keep very well. I changed the recipe to include bananas instead of eggs, these are a great egg substitute as they bind really well and also give the cake some more nutrients! Bananas are a great source of dietary fibre, vitamin C and potassium.

For the cake, you will need:

• 225g vegan butter or coconut oil (I used half and half)
• 100ml date syrup or liquid sweetener of your choice
• 2 chia eggs (2 tbsp chia seeds mixed with 6 tbsp water and left to form a gel)
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 225g gluten free self raising flour 
• 2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cacao powder
• 3 tablespoons almond milk

Preheat your oven to 180C or 160C if you have a fan oven. Line a cake tin with coconut oil and baking paper. Measure out all cake ingredients except for the cacao and almond milk, and mix them all together in a bowl until well combined. Then put half of the mixture into a separate bowl, and add the cacao and almond milk and combine. Put both mixtures into your tin, swirling them together as you go with a skewer. 

Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes or until risen and golden on the top. Leave to cool on the tin before icing. 

For the icing, you will need:

• 50g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids if not more)
• 20g cacao
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• optional: 1 tbsp date syrup (only add this if you want it really sweet, I find it sweet enough with just the dark chocolate)

Add all ingredients to a pan and melt on a low heat, stirring continuously. Once your cake is cooled, pour the icing over it and smooth with the back of a spoon. I topped mine with almonds, pumpkin seeds and goji berries to make it look pretty and give it a nutrient boost!

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