Chocolate Cake - MILK EGG AND SOY FREE

On my search to find a cake that C could eat for her birthday - I came across another food allergy oriented blog : The Milk Allergy Mom, who had found a wonderful recipe for Chocolate cake from the depression era, tried and true wonderful cake that C can eat all day long :-).

I modified it SLIGHTLY - 

1.5 c flour
1 c sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vinegar
2 smashed Bananas 
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup oil
1 c cold water

Combine ingredients and pour into greased pan or muffin tin. Bake in oven until done, when cake springs back to the touch or a toothpick comes out clean. Time varies on the pan you use, 15 to 30 minutes 

Peanut Butter Cream Icing (Soy Milk & Egg free) 
1/2 c lard (or crisco if you don't have to avoid soy)
1c creamy peanut butter
2c powdered sugar
up to 1/4c Almond Milk (to adjust consistency) 

Cream lard and peanut butter together until smooth - then add slowly powdered sugar, tempering with almond milk when mixture gets too thick. Refrigerate 20 minutes to set before frosting.