this is my birthday cake. always. this is my favourite birthday cake, and my dad’s favourite birthday cake and most people would argue that it isn’t even a cake. growing up, we cut holes in it with a knife and shoved in birthday candles, it was almost always the assumed birthday cake. you can call it a square, but i can’t. birthday squares? no way. i have always made it with puffed wheat, but the […]
so i made the all time most romantic food on thursday. the food of love. that’s right, i made vegan banana splits. BANANA SPLITS 1 banana per person coconut bliss ice cream (i used pineapple coconut) 1 strawberry per person (at least), diced 1/4 c. chopped toasted nuts CHOCOLATE SAUCE 1 can coconut milk 1/2 cup cocoa 1 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp rum, cointreau, kalhua, whatevs. this is optional. 1/4 cup brown […]
cookie recipe number 3! there it is! 1/2 c. earth balance butter (stick kind), softened 1/2 c. shortening(stick kind), softened 1/2 c. sugar 3/4 c. brown sugar, packed 1/3 c. coconut cream* 3 tsp egg replacer with 2 tbsp water, mixed 1 tsp vanilla 1/4 dutch-processed cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder pinch of salt 1 c. roughly chopped dark chocolate 1/2 c. coconut ribbons, unsweetened 1/2 c. chopped pecans cream […]
these are an all time favourite from my pre-vegan times. it’s a recipe from Orangette “brown butter cookies”. quite frankly i’m not sure if browning the earth balance did much, but these cookies are still sooooo good. COOKIES 1 c. cold earth balance butter sticks, cut up 3/4 c. sugar 2 tsp good vanilla (if there were ever a time for quality vanilla, it is now) 2 c. flour 1 tsp baking soda pinch of salt […]
things are getting all holiday-y in my house this week since katie and i both (secretly/not so secretly anymore) love christmas/eating sweets/crafts. we have gone overboard and our house is starting look insane. also it is FULL OF COOKIES, so here is one of three recipes i’ll be posting! check out Thor hanging out with the tree and 70 feet of gold paper chains we made CHEWY GINGER COOKIES 1/2 c. earth balance (the sticks, not spreadable), […]
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