Vegans do not have eggs, milk, certain types of sugar, butter, frosting. The eggs can be replaced by "EnerG Egg Replacer," available at many grocery stores. Cow’s milk can be replaced by organic rice milk, which doesn’t contain any animal by products. Many vegans do not consume sugar, because it is often whitened by animal bone char. This can be avoided by purchasing "unbleached" sugar, sugar in the raw, or beet sugar. Strict vegans will not eat food made with butter, you can simply replace it with margarine or vegetable shortening. The vegans also will not eat dairy frosting, you can look for a similar flavour of "non-dairy" frosting or you can make your own, replacing butter with margarine.

Vegan Cake Recipe 

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1 cup water

Directions
      Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the 9x5 inch loaf pan slightly. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Add the oil, vanilla, vinegar and water. Mix together until smooth. Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.