Lancashire Food

Gluten free, dairy free chocolate cake, with vegan frosting

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Vegetable oil spray - for spraying your cake tins
225 g plain gluten free flour ( I mix my own by using rice flour, finely ground polenta(cornmeal) and cornflour)
1 tsp xanthum gum (not absolutely necessary if you don't have it)*
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb
50 g Cocoa powder (I like Green and Blacks)
100 g vegetable spread (I like vitalite)
250 g dark brown sugar
3 eggs - free range
1 tsp vanilla paste
1 tsp glycerine (not vital if you can't find it)*
200 ml - dairy free milk substitute ( I used Coconut Dream)
200 g icing sugar
50 g cocoa
50 g vegetable margarine (vitalite or pure sunflower are both good)
2 tbsp vegetable milk
Couple of drops chocolate essence (optional)