Vegan Chocolate Ganache Pumpkin Spice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients
1/4 cup chocolate chips
2/3 cup pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons canola oil or 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons ground flax seeds or 2 tablespoons Ener-G Egg Substitute
Dry Ingredients
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon clove
Chocolate Ganache
3/4 cup chocolate chips
3 tablespoons margarine
1/4 cup soymilk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350, grease or spray a 9x9 pan.
Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler (or in the microwave for 30 sec. intervals, stirring after each 30 seconds until melted) in a medium bowl.
Stir in pumpkin, vanilla, oil and flaxseed to the melted chocolate.
Mix all dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves) until well combined, and stir in wet ingredients.
Spread evenly into the pan (batter will be thick) and bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool.
Ganache: melt margarine and soymilk in a small bowl (either in the microwave or on a double boiler). Stir in chocolate chips and continue heating until melted and smooth.
Spread over cake when cake is cooled, refrigerate cake if you want ganache to set (or dig in for melty chocolate-y heaven :D).