Occasionally, I’ll use tomato paste as an egg replacer in savory dishes. It’s a great binder for burgers and (obviously) meatloaves. Though, recently this tomato soup recipe has been making a serious comeback. Some say the original is a midcentury…
The beginnings of upside-down cakes are a little older than our retro time frame. Inverted cakes date back hundred of years. In the Americas, they were called skillet cakes, cooked over a fire, and featured prunes, apples, or berries. The…
A dessert staple you’ll see at nearly any potluck in Hawaii, Butter Mochi Cake is a fun take on the Japanese pounded rice balls. I should say that you see Mochi Cake at every party though, since every party in…
Tender, moist and a little dense this cakes is a cross between quick bread and pound cake. To be honest I haven’t really had a good pound cake since becoming vegan, so I was very pleasantly surprised with the results.…
A veganized recipe, this is a nice medium between coffee cake and a light dessert. Based on the old Pennsylvania Dutch favorite, shoo-fly pie, the cake is sweetened with molasses and sprinkled with a sweet crumb topping. Shoo-fly pie is…
Many moons ago, I pinned a recipe for quick bread with whole pears baked inside. When I went to make it there was no recipe, just a photo. I found something which I think is similar, but it had to…
This is my very own vegan take on an English Christmas tradition. It dates back to medieval times, though it wasn’t popularized in England until the Victorian Era. Christmas Pudding is served flambé with a sprig of holly and topped…
Another allergy friendly recipe that I created for Farm Sanctuary’s Animal Acres. There is nothing better in the summer than peaches. Top this lovely cake with Mimic Cream (made from cashews and almonds) or a nice coconut whipped cream if…
I like making donuts for vegan bake sales for three reasons. Firstly, it’s unlikely that others are going to go to the effort of making homemade donuts to donate to a bake sale, so it’s not going to be a…
I received this recipe from Monkey Man’s Aunt in Poland. Upon the first attempt I figured that the measurements had to have been mistranslated. I fiddled around with the recipe and came up with something I quite liked that went…