275993 Mon Jan 17 17:51:05 -0800 2005 4 31 Home Cooking 0 1455093 i found a recipe years ago in a very old fashioned cookbook called lazy daisy chocolate cake that just so happened to be vegan. i searched for vegan chocolate cake and found what seems to be a so so substitute, but this recipe had a quirky way of making the mix: mix the dry ingredients, dig three holes then put the oil vinegar vanilla in... and it had cloves and cardomom... i have found fairly typical substitute recipes, but nothing exactly...it's about 1 1/2 cups flour, about 1 cup of water, and some oil, apple cider vinegar...but i just don't have the real info. any help appreciated. Mon Jan 17 17:51:05 -0800 2005 0 vegan choco lover 1 1455231 Found this recipe in a local community cookbook. It was called "Crazy Cake", but I think it's what you're looking for. Crazy Cake 1-1/2 cups sifted flour 1 cup sugar 1 tsp. baking soda 3 TBSP. cocoa 1 tsp. salt 6 TBSP. vegetable oil 1 TBSP. vinegar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 cup water Sift dry ingredients in an 8" baking dish (do not grease). Put 6 TBSP. vegetable oil in one corner, 1 TBSP. vinegar in another corner, and 1 tsp. vanilla extract in another corner. Sprinkle the 1 cup of water over all and stir well with a fork. Bake in 325 oven approx. 35 minutes. Hope this is what you were looking for! Tue Jan 18 16:58:46 -0800 2005 1455093 0 Anne 2 1455268 The Lazy Daisy cake my Mom made was a yellow cake baked in a square pan with brown sugar and coconut sprinkled on top. The topping ended up crispy and caramelized, in lieu of frosting. Wed Jan 19 05:44:58 -0800 2005 1455231 0 Sharuf 1 1455313 My mother called this Happy Valley cake - This is the first thing I learned how to bake when I was 5 yrs old! She used melted butter in her recipe -which is what I still use. Can't get my head around using oil or shortening in cakes! Wed Jan 19 13:29:13 -0800 2005 1455093 0 Hungry Girl 1 1455433 Could this be what you're looking for? EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE 3 c. flour 2 c. sugar 6 tbsp. cocoa 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 12 tbsp. oil 2 tbsp. vinegar 2 tsp. vanilla 2 c. cold water Sift dry ingredients into pan. Make 3 wells. Put oil into one, vinegar into another and vanilla into the third. Pour water over all. Stir thoroughly. Bake at 350 degrees. This recipe has the 'make 3 wells' you ask about. I found it by googling on "flour sugar vinegar chocolate vanilla" and checking out the responses. Hope this is what you want. Thu Jan 20 14:57:52 -0800 2005 1455093 0 gudpal