3 cups flour    2 cups sugar    6 tablespoons cocoa    2 teaspoons baking soda    1 teaspoon salt    2 cups water    3/4 cup vegetable oil    2 tablespoons vinegar    2 teaspoons vanilla essence

Directions:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Mix dry ingredients first.  Once the mixture is even, mix in wet ingredients.  Continue mixing until you obtain an even batter (no lumps).  Pour into a cake pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes. 

Mississippi Mud Frosting

    1/2 cup of vegan butter (Nuttelex)    1/3 cup baking cocoa    1/3 cup soy milk    16 oz. organic powdered sugar    1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions:

Melt the vegan butter in a small bowl. Once butter is melted, add the cocoa and whisk very well.  Add the soy milk and mix again.  Put this in the microwave for about 1 min and 30 sec  to 1 min 45 sec making sure the mixture is boiling.  While the mixture is in the microwave, get out your mixer and put in the powdered sugar and vanilla.  Once the other is done in the microwave, put it in the mixer and mix on high speed stopping to scrape the sides every once in a while until there are no more lumps of powdered sugar.  Once you are done with this, it should be very creamy.  Spread over cool cake