No Dairy Choco cake ...

Once again, Dear Reader, it's Recipe Tuesday. As promised, the easy choco cake without dairy. Haven't made it yet, but I'll tell you right now all the proportions are right for something truly nice. It's basically the orange cake, only chocolate.

No Dairy Chocolate Cake (Vegan)

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
6 tablespoons unsweetened nonalkalized cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup cold water
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla

PREP YOUR PAN. This means Line the Bottom. Grease and flour the pan if you like. I wish I had lined the bottom of the orange one. Line the pan is preferred. 8x8 size. Brownie pan.
Heat the oven to 350.
Sift together the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
In a separate pitcher, large measuring cup or bowl, combine the wet ingredients.
Stir the two mixtures together until smooth. Scrape the batter into the pan and spread evenly.
Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in the pan on a rack. Slide a knife around the cake. Invert the cake, peel off the paper. Let it cool on the rack right side up.

Part of me says throw some cinnamon into this. Just enough cinn... oooh... Allspice. Allspice. Just enough to give the flavor of it through the batter. And I say allspice because it's more of a flavor blend between cinnamon and cloves than anything else.
You could also probably get away with using a little more vanilla as well.
The recipe as written says dust it with powdered sugar or a quick cookie icing. I say make a caramel sauce and drizzle it over the top... Ooooh... No... Not caramel.
Cherry sauce. Yeahhhh.....

Simple cherry sauce. Mom taught me how when she was making her Cherry-O pie...
3 cups cherries, fresh or canned (drain and rinse)
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon water
1 1/2 teaspoons corn starch

Cook the cherries, sugar and lemon juice over medium-high heat until the berries release their juice. In a separate small container, mix the water and cornstarch. Stir the cornstarch mixture into the cherry mixture and cook until thickened. Let it cool, spoon it on top.
OOOOHhhh.. Yeah. That's it. The cake. With cherries. If you like, you can always stir in a couple tablespoons of butter into the sauce. It'll add body and a gloss to it. I wouldn't, but that's me.