Emergency Carob Cake

2 cups sugar or 1 1/3 cups fructose
3 cups flour or 1 cup oat, 1 cup barley, and 1 cup potato
1/2 cup carob powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon featherweight baking powder
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2/3 cup spread margarine, mild-tasting oil or butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract, without alcohol or sweetener
2 cups cold water


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9" x 13" cake pan or if making cupcakes, line cupcake tin with cupcake papers (recipe makes 16-18 cupcakes). Mix sugar or fructose, flour, carob powder, baking soda, baking powder and vinegar. Add oil, butter or margarine, vanilla and water, mixing continually until smooth. Pour into cake pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. You are making cupcakes, begin toothpick check at 20 minutes. Frost with banana-chocolate frosting.