I created this chocolate cake recipe for Ocado.com to celebrate their new Vegetarian section which I for one am super excited about! Brands like Ocado are truly paving the path for the mass market to get on board with healthy living, and I’m excited to be sharing lots of recipes on their recipe section in the weeks to come, so keep an eye out!

This chocolate cake tastes as devilishly naughty as a sugar and dairy laden chocolate cake, but has none of the nasties! It’s vegetarian, totally gluten free and only contains naturally occurring fruit sugars – keeping your body nourished and your taste buds exceptionally happy. It’s a great dinner party dessert, and the ingredients always seem to really startle guests! This recipe can be made totally Vegan which is what I often do if I’m somewhere I can’t source really good quality eggs, though if you’re not strictly vegan I suggest using them as it creates an incredible light fluffy cake, that is better than any store bought cake I’ve ever eaten!

The cake is also nut and grain free too, which I know is going to make so many of you really happy! If you’re nut-free change up the cashew butter in the icing for 200g medool dates softy boiled and drained before adding in replacement.