Vegan Vanilla Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. 2
   Lightly oil a 9-inch cake pan and dust with flour.
3. 3
   In a large mixing bowl, sift together the the flour, baking powder, and salt.
4. 4
   In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the oil, syrup, zest, vanilla, and milk until completely combined and smooth.
5. 5
   Gently stir the wet ingredients into the dry, mixing until just smooth. Do not overmix, which will make the cake tough. The batter should not be runny.
6. 6
   Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake on center rack of oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. 7
   Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes before delicately removing from pan. Cool completely before icing.