Vegan Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake For One
I have had many people in my life tell me no. As in no, you can’t do that, you will not be good at it, you were not built for it etc. When I was in high school, I had a trainer tell me I would never be good at running because I have flat […]
Vegan Samoa Layer Cake
When I was little and I got excited about Girl Scout cookies, it was always the Samoas. Caramel, chocolate and cookie with coconut…some of my favorite things, and so good. Of course now, they are too sweet for me and full of ingredients that are not healthy, so I would make my own before buying […]
Mini Vegan Mocha Layer Cakes
Valentine’s day has never been about receiving flowers and jewelry to me, when I was little, maybe it was all about the candy and wearing a cute red or pink dress, and making heart decorations. But now I see it as a day to appreciate the ones I love. I don’t expect anything, but I […]
Vegan PB & J Layer Cake and 5 Year Blogaversary
5 years ago today, I started this blog, called Fragrant Vanilla Cake. Honestly, I started the blog as a way to share recipes with the people I was close to, like friends and family. Since I was sharing recipes before that just on facebook as notes whenever I would make something that I thought was share worthy. […]
Vegan Chocolate Carrot Cake
Ever since last year when I saw a chocolate carrot cake, I have wanted to make one. Because chocolate cake and carrot cake are both pretty amazing, and together they should be awesome, right? Well I decided to make one last weekend. It was time. I had a big bag of carrots begging to be […]
Mini Vegan Cinnamon Sugar Cream Cheese Bundt Cakes
Eric gave me a mini bundt cake pan as one of my Christmas presents, and I was just dying to use it right away to make something delicious. I love the look of bundt cakes, they are beautiful, classic, and many bundt cake pans come from Minnesota since Nordicware is located here. So they are […]
Vegan Yule Log Cake with Chestnut Cream Filling
I have always wanted to make a yule log cake. I have been telling myself for years that I would make one that year, and now finally this year I decided to. I had a less than successful experience trying to make a raw one a few years back and it broke all over the […]
Vegan Molten Dark Chocolate Cakes
Last weekend was Eric’s Birthday. We have spent 3 years together and in those 3 years he has been my best friend. We do pretty much everything together when we have days off, enjoying nature most of the time, visiting new or familiar places and seeing things we have never seen, and having long talks […]
Vegan Gingerbread Cheesecake and a L. C. Finns Extract Giveaway!
When L. C. Finns contacted me and asked if I would like to try their line of flavor extracts I was excited. I looked on their website and discovered that they make all of their extracts small batch by hand, and they are made with real ingredients! Heck yes I wanted to try them. And […]
Vegan Mocha Pumpkin Bread
I had some leftover pumpkin from another recipe needing to be used in the fridge, and I did not want to put a lot of work into making something with it. Cake sounded good, but I have made lots of pumpkin spice cakes this year. Plus cake was a little more work than I wanted. […]
Vegan Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes
My favorite Halloween candy was always peanut butter cups. Not that I didn’t love snickers and twix, because I did love anything chocolate. There was just something special about the chocolate and peanut butter combination. I would always trade for it if I could, but it was hard because my friends loved it too. I […]
Raw White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake
I was hard core craving some pumpkin spice cheesecake last weekend. But just plain pumpkin spice wasn’t going to cut it, I wanted to add white chocolate as well. oddly enough it has been a while since I made a raw cheesecake since I have been working on my book making other types of cakes. […]
Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chunk Doughnuts
It is finally starting to feel like fall. I have broken out the jackets and sweaters, and it is long sleeve running weather. But I love it. It makes me feel cozy inside when it is a little chilly on the outside and I have to move a little faster or snuggle a little more […]
Vegan Apple Streusel Doughnuts
My Mom recently suggested I make some apple doughnuts. She said she heard someone else talking about some, and they sounded so good…and I agreed, so I had to make some. I hadn’t made baked vegan apple doughnuts ever so I was excited about this. I had just picked up a bunch of honeycrisp apples, […]
Vegan Peach Buckle
I saw a buckle a few weeks back in a cooking magazine, and I decided that I seriously needed to make one, because it sounded amazing! Cake with plenty of fruit, and a crumble topping, two of my favorite things! I had loads of peaches, so I thought, what better way to use them than in […]
Vegan Banana Caramel Crepe Cake
I am recently into crepe cakes. I made my first one about a month ago, and I fell in love. It was always something I had wanted to make, but never got around to it. I thought it would be too time consuming, so I always brushed it off. That is until now. I tried […]
Simple Vegan Vanilla Bean Cake
When Singing Dog Vanilla contacted me and asked if I would like to try their product, I was like heck yeah! I use vanilla in almost every dessert I make, and it is one of my favorite flavors. If I were asked to choose between chocolate and vanilla it would always be vanilla. So, I […]
Vegan Fluffernutter Doughnuts
I have been wanting to make doughnuts again for a few weeks now, and then when I finally got around to it I could not decide on a flavor. You see, there are so many different possibilities, all of which sounded amazing. So whenever I have a problem like that I talk to Eric and […]
Vegan Summer Spice Cake (gluten free)
I apologize for my lack of sharing cake recipes lately, but it is all for good reason. I am working on a vegan cake book, which I will tell you more about in the future since it is a ways from being published, but the cake recipes I have been making weekly have been going into […]
Vegan Double Berry Lemon Doughnuts
Ever since I made my German Chocolate Doughnuts last week with my new pan, I have been wanting to make more doughnuts. Something about the idea of baking healthier doughnuts is pretty amazing in my mind. I guess because I have never had a doughnut pan before. So anyways, I got these beautiful berries on sale […]
Vegan German Chocolate Doughnuts
I never turned down a doughnut when I was younger. I mean come on…who doesn’t think they are delicious?! But when I started to eat healthier as I got older I didn’t enjoy any knowing what is in most of the commercially made ones. I didn’t really miss them or crave them, but I have […]
Vegan Gluten Free Sugar Free Raspberry Cupcakes
Since my Gluten Free Sugar Free Vegan Marble Cupcakes that I recently made turned out so good, I decided to try making some more sugar free cupcakes last weekend. This time though, it was raspberry. I had raspberries on hand and I had thought about making muffins…but when I talked to Eric about it he said […]
Gluten Free Sugar Free Vegan Marble Cupcakes
Last weekend a reader sent me a message asking me to try and find her diabetic friendly cupcake recipe for her parents 50th wedding anniversary. Since I didn’t have one to share with her at that time, and I am always up for a challenge, I decided to make some! Marble cake is always […]
Raw Carrot Cake For Two
Being in a relationship isn’t about everything being perfect and like a fairytale. It is about appreciating the little things like never having to worry about what he thinks about your embarrassing habits and loving you anyway. Or how he will drop everything to help you when you need it or give you a hug and […]
Raw Mango Berry Coconut Yogurt Cake
I used to eat tons of yogurt as a kid. It was packed into my lunch as a child, because I was pretty picky, and it was something that I would actually eat. And, it was my go to snack. Usually strawberry. That was my favorite. This habit continued until a few years back when […]
Raw Strawberries and Cream Doughnuts
I have been all about the strawberries lately. Mostly because I have been missing them all winter and suddenly they reappear looking so delicious and begging me to buy them and make something delicious with them. I was going to make some strawberries and cream scones last week with some, but that didn’t work out because […]
Vegan Mango Carrot Cake
You know what makes me happy? Spending the day with someone I love doing simple things. I am not one of those types of people who needs to spend lots of money in order to be happy. A day spent outdoors exploring, walking and enjoying the fresh air with one special person is enough to […]
Vegan Hummingbird Cake
I have always wanted to make a hummingbird cake. I have been hearing about them for years, and the old fashioned southern layer cake appealed to me. In case you haven’t heard of them, they are a moist banana and pineapple cake, spiced with cinnamon, studded with pecans, and topped off with cream cheese frosting. […]
Vegan Flourless Chocolate Cake
I have always wanted to make a flourless chocolate cake and finally last weekend I did. It all started when someone asked me if I had a flourless chocolate cake recipe because they wanted to make one for Easter. I didn’t unfortunately, and I decided that I needed to make one! Surprising in all of […]
Vegan Strawberry Almond Layer Cake
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love […]
Vegan Tiramisu Layer Cake (gluten free)
I have always been a big fan of Tiramisu. I first had it at an Italian restaurant with my Mom when I was in college, and I was hooked. We thought it was so good that we even made some at home the authentic way with custard and mascarpone. Out home made version […]
Raw Chocolate Blood Orange Caramel Cheesecake with Lavender
I am obsessed with blood oranges lately. They are seriously the most beautiful citrus fruit I have ever seen, and their flavor is the perfect balance of tart and sweet. I have been buying them by the bagful for a few weeks now since they became available here, and I am savoring every juicy orange […]
Raw Dark Chocolate Glazed Coconut Almond Doughnuts
I realized last week it had been far too long since I had made raw doughnuts. I needed to remedy that. I haven’t had a real doughnut in probably 12 years, and I haven’t missed them because I know I can make some pretty amazingly delicious healthier doughnuts. I was never a fan of how […]
Vegan Dark Chocolate Blood Orange Layer Cake (gluten free)
Last Saturday on Valentine’s Day, Eric and I decided to take a trip to the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts for a date. I had planned on going for a nice walk outdoors somewhere, and as it worked out, Mother Nature did not cooperate and it was about 5F degrees that day. So, the art […]
Vegan Matcha Pear White Chocolate Layer Cake (gluten free)
I love everything about matcha. Its earthy aroma and flavor, its beautiful green color, and how wonderful it goes with sweet things. Although I am perfectly happy with my matcha lattes, I am a big fan of allowing it to be the star in other things as well. Some of my favorite things to pair […]
Raw Neapolitan Cheesecake, Blogaversary and a Giveaway!
4 years ago today I posted my first recipe on this blog. It was a red velvet cupcake recipe featuring beets, and it was not plant based at all because I had used cream cheese frosting and I had taken a single photo of the cupcakes with the worst lighting possible. But I was proud […]
Vegan Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes
Emma over at Zimt Artisan Chocolates was kind enough to send me a bunch of products to try, one of which was dark chocolate baking pieces. I know they are called baking pieces, but seriously these are great for snacking on just as is. But since I wanted to try them in a recipe as well, […]
Vegan Orange Blossom Layer Cake
Last Sunday was amazing. By amazing, I don’t mean I did anything out of the ordinary like traveling to a warm place away from Minnesota and having a crazy weekend. I mean amazing in the sense that I enjoyed all of the little normal things I did and was grateful to be able to enjoy […]
Vegan Kumquat Orange Cupcakes
Kumquats are like nature’s candy. I say that about a lot of fruits, but seriously there is nothing like the tart sweet burst of flavor that explodes into your mouth when you bite into one. They are the perfect little package of deliciousness. I admit I get quite excited when I see the first organic […]
Raw Citrus Lavender Cheesecake
Since I have been eating apples and pears for months now, I have to say I am pretty stoked about the emergence of more citrus at the store. Of course they have had grapefruits and oranges for a while, but not the variety available now, and they all taste so much better now that they […]
Vegan Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Being cooped up inside when it is negative degrees outside makes me want to create things. Don’t worry, I am not vegging out in front of the TV, I still get my runs in on the treadmill and I am finding new things to clean and go through getting rid of things I no longer […]
Raw Fire and Ice Cheesecake
It went from a brown Christmas, almost 40 degrees and balmy for Minnesota this time of the year…down to below zero and snowy. It is definitely a winter wonderland now and I can hear the kids out on the sledding hill by my house having fun and breaking in their new sleds since we finally […]
Vegan Gingerbread Spice Cake with Cinnamon Frosting
Yesterday would have been my Grandma’s 79th Birthday. Sadly, we said goodbye to her earlier this month, but she is still in my heart. I can remember, every Christmas we would give her Birthday presents as well since the days were always so close together. But, Grandma was always modest telling everyone they didn’t have […]
Mini Raw Pomegranate Hibiscus Yogurt Cheesecakes
Pomegranates give color to my winter. When I am outside, it is a bit dreary, gray, brown (since the snow has melted), chilly and not pretty like summer. So, instead of looking to the outdoors for color, I find natural color indoors through my food…like pomegranates, whose seeds to me are as beautiful as little […]
30 Holiday Worthy Recipes from Fragrant Vanilla Cake
I feel like Christmas is approaching way to fast this year, and I did not have time to make nearly as many goodies as I would have liked. However I still have plenty to share with you today…30 in fact, in this line up of holiday worthy recipes I have compiled from my blog. I […]
Raw Peppermint Striped Cheesecake
Christmas is in the air…well not really here, considering was super warm here in Minnesota last weekend, like 50 degrees warm. Which is almost unheard of here since it is supposed to be blanketed in snow and 20 degrees this time of the year. So, the air does not feel like winter lately. But Christmas […]
Raw Eggnog Cheesecake with Chocolate Swirl and Gingerbread Crust
Tis the season for Eggnog, which is exactly why I decided to make an eggnog cheesecake! What could be better than one of my favorite Holiday drinks combined with my favorite dessert? Raw Guru and Windy City Organics had just sent me some new spreads and nut butters to try, one of which was a chocolate coconut. I […]
Raw Cranberry Orange Spice Cupcakes
Last week at work, one of my coworkers was telling me that she had made some cranberry orange cupcakes for Thanksgiving dessert instead of the usual pie. I love the idea of being unconventional with Thanksgiving desserts, but even more so I loved the idea of the cupcakes. She inspired me to make some cranberry […]
Raw Cranberry Raspberry White Chocolate Cake
At the beginning of November when the first snow hit, and the temperatures plummeted from 60F degrees down to the teens I thought to myself, winter is here. Because it felt like winter was here. Never mind the date on the calendar, walking in a winter wonderland to me is winter. Oddly enough too, it […]
Raw Chocolate Pecan Pie Mousse Cake
Apple pie, pumpkin pie and pecan pie were always musts at my Grandmother’s house on Thanksgiving. I always had to have a piece of each, but the pecan was my favorite. A preference I shared with my Mom and Grandmother but the rest of my family didn’t seem to care for the pecan. I could […]
Raw Sweet Potato Caramel Pecan Cheesecake
My Grandma used to make a sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving every year. It had lots of brown sugar, marshmallows, and I have to say it was not my favorite thing. Despite all of the sugar and sweetness, I never touched that stuff. Even when I was little and loved sugar. Sorry Grandma, you were […]
Mini Raw Lemon Pine Nut Cheesecakes
Pine nuts and lemons are a match made in heaven. Which is why I thought that they needed to be made into a luscious raw cheesecake. I don’t usually have access to pine nuts, but recently I got a large bag fairly cheap, so I am using them to their full potential. Trust me, these […]
Raw Cookie Dough Cheesecake
I am a big fan of cookie dough. Oddly enough, I like it even better than baked cookies. Probably because of the the soft chewy consistency. I remember making cookies with my Grandma and stealing the dough. It was so good. I didn’t care if it had raw eggs in it. Luckilly now all of […]
Mini Raw Dark Chocolate Passion Fruit Mousse Cakes
The first time I had ever enjoyed a fresh passion fruit was earlier this year. It was amazing. Tasting like a mixture of mango, pineapple and lime but even better. So sweet and delicious! I had been dreaming about it ever since, and so badly wanting to make a dessert with passion fruit. The only […]
Raw Snickers Cheesecake
I have made other candy bar themed cakes, so I thought it was time I made a raw Snickers cheesecake. The thought has been bouncing around in my head for a couple of weeks now (maybe something to do with all of the Halloween candy), and I finally got around to making it. I was […]
Raw 3 Musketeers Bar Cheesecake
I made Raw 3 Musketeer Bars earlier this week, and they were freaking delicious! If you do not know what they are (which is ok, since my boyfriend didn’t either until he tried my raw version, and I know they are not available everywhere), they are a whipped chocolate filled bar dipped in more chocolate. […]
Raw Spiced Pumpkin Mocha Latte Cheesecake
Pumpkin and spice, and everything nice…that is what this cheesecake is made of! Imagine a pumpkin spice latte. Make that a mocha latte, because those were always my favorite when I was in highschool. Add some whipped cream…oh yeah! And one last thing. Make it a scrumptious raw cheesecake! Now we’re talking! That was the […]
Raw Autumn Dream Cake
Cool winds rustle the leaves on the trees and cause them to flutter to the ground. They crunch beneath my feet as I run down the path admiring the vibrant colors they provide. The air is crisp, and the scent of bonfire wafts through it. The squirrels scurry around gathering their provisions for the winter, […]
Raw Lemon Caramel Coconut Yogurt Cake
I am one of those people who needs their alone time. Yes, I am a big introvert. Big crowds drain me and make me uncomfortable, and I would rather stay home and relax in my kitchen and create delicious things. To some, it might seem crazy…cooking in a kitchen all day at work, then coming […]
Raw Mint Cacao Chip Ice Cream Cake
Peppermint bon bon (also known as peppermint chip in other parts of the country/world) ice cream was always a favorite of mine as a kid. I remember my Dad always kept some in the freezer so I could always count on enjoying a bowl of it for dessert on a hot summer day. I loved […]
Raw Chocolate Covered Twinkies
America is obsessed with Twinkies. I never understood that. In fact, if I were going to have a packaged snack, I always preferred the oatmeal cream pies over Twinkies any day. Maybe I am weird…or I just have different tastes. To me they tasted a little artificial, even as a child. So, if they weren’t […]
Raw Snickers Ice Cream Cake
Last week when I was out running, I was thinking about the fact that people often don’t say the compliments that are on their mind. Like for instance. You think someone’s hair looks extra good or you love their shirt, or you enjoy their company a lot or the help they give you. But you […]
Raw Black Forest Layer Cake
It seems like it has been all about cherries at my house lately. I have been eating them every day. Making smoothies, ice cream, drinks, salads…that is not a bad thing though. I love them, and since the season is short here I will take what I can get. The best thing I have made […]
Raw Seven Layer Crave Cake
Seven Layer Bars…crave worthy little squares, graham cracker crust topped off with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, nuts and sweetened condensed milk. The original version at least, and the version I fell in love with as a kid. I remember in high school cross country sometimes someone’s Mom would bring them to a carbo load […]
Raw Berry Rose Layer Cake
My Birthday was yesterday. Which means many things to me. I am now 29 years old, the summer is half over and I am enjoying my vacation. You see, every year I take a week off of work for my Birthday, as sort of a present to myself. Everyone deserves a Birthday week to enjoy […]
Raw Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake
I wanted ice cream last week. But just making ice cream and scooping it out into a bowl didn’t seem like enough excitement. So, I decided that an ice cream cake was in order! But what kind to make? I was browsing some of my past ice cream recipes, and cookie dough caught my eye. […]
Raw Berry Red Velvet Short Cake
What does one do with many lbs of fresh berries? Well eat them of course…but make a beautiful dessert with them is my favorite choice! When I think raw cake, cheesecake is always the first thing that comes to mind, but oddly enough, this time it was shortcake! I haven’t made one in a while, […]
Raw Hazelnut Cacao Cherry Cake
A big bowl full of fresh organic cherries is one of the most beautiful sights. They are like smooth little edible fruit jewels. Now is the season where they are the most flavorful and I was super excited to get my hands on some at a good price this week. I can not believe I […]
Raw Tropical Dream Cake
Pineapple, bananas, limes, mango, strawberries and avocado. All of that was sitting on my counter, a beautiful sight to behold, and it was just begging to be made into something delicious. Not that it wasn’t delicious as it was and would be plain. No, not a smoothie, although it would have made a beautiful layered […]
Raw Nectarine Lavender Coconut Yogurt Cake
When I got my hands on a bunch of perfectly ripe nectarines, all I could think about was making them into some sort of fabulous dessert. Cake…that was what I wanted. A creamy coconut yogurt cake. That is my favorite type of cake lately. I make probiotic rich coconut yogurt often, and although it is […]
Raw Strawberry Rhubarb Cake
I have been waiting for strawberry rhubarb season. Why? Because I have been in love with the combination of strawberries and rhubarb ever since my Grandmother would pick rhubarb from her garden in the spring and summer and make the most delicious strawberry rhubarb sauce that I would practically eat by the 32 ox jarful! […]
Raw Strawberry Kiwi Coconut Yogurt Cake
Before I went raw, I made cheesecake often. Like every weekend often. I loved it so much I would eat about 1/4 of it at least in one sitting too, leaving my tummy pretty unhappy with all of the heavy dairy. It was delicious though, and I had perfected my recipe using Greek yogurt along […]
Raw Red Velvet Cake with Strawberry Frosting For Two
What do you do when you are craving raw red velvet cake and you do not have much time to make one? Make a simpler version! I admit, my original recipe for Raw Red Velvet Cake is a two day process (so worth it though), but I wanted red velvet cake…like right now! You know? Well, […]
Raw Cardamom Scented Carrot Cake with Rosewater Vanilla Coconut Frosting
The last time I made a raw carrot layer cake…was 2 years ago. Granted I have many “carrot cake” desserts since then, but not a classic layer cake which is my favorite. That last one I made was one of my first attempts at raw layer cake too, and it was a bit too dense…due […]
Raw Banana Turtle Mousse Cake
Tell pretty much anyone you are making a turtle dessert (chocolate, caramel and pecan for those of you that are not from a region that calls the combo turtle), and they will come running over to your house to enjoy the deliciousness. I can’t blame them though, I have always loved the combination too. My […]
Raw Thin Mint Cake
I am in a good mood. I got my 8 mile run in, I am feeling energized after my big glass of beet apple ginger juice…and the snow is finally melting! Seriously, the sound of the snow melting and dripping off of my roof is glorious! It means spring is on the way…along with running […]
Mini Raw Dark Chocolate Black and Blueberry Mousse Cakes
Berries + Dark Chocolate = Sexy. I mean, come on, there is a reason people serve chocolate dipped strawberries for Valentine’s day. Although the red fruits like strawberries and raspberries are most commonly paired with chocolate (and I myself love the combination), lets not forget about the blue and purple berries. Those are amazing with […]
Raw Strawberry Lemon White Chocolate Cake
I have been so busy…that I forgot my own blogaversary! That is like forgetting my own birthday for pete’s sake! So by the time I realized I had forgotten it this week, it was a month over due. I have been blogging for 4 years now, since February 2010! I can’t even believe it has […]
Mini Raw Raspberry Filled Heart Cakes
My Mother would put little desserts in my school lunches when I was in school, and I would always look forward to them. It was mostly processed packaged stuff, but my 10 year old self did not care. Sometimes it was oatmeal cream sandwich cookies, sometimes those little cakes filled with raspberry, and sometimes, glazed […]
Raw Strawberry Tiramisu
I tend to get into traditions, and one tradition is me and Eric eating dessert together every Sunday when he gets off work. Enjoying dessert together is rather romantic, in fact last year for Valentine’s day instead of going out (since we are not into the zoo scene, jacked up prices and set menus where […]
Raw Pink Velvet Cupcakes
I am a little girl at heart. I always buy Hello Kitty bandaids, I love sparkly glittery things, and I will always choose the pretty pink vanilla cupcake over the chocolate any day. I had been wanting to make pink velvet cupcakes for a few weeks now, just so I could eat the batter and […]
Raw Rose Pomegranate Dream Cake
If you have never taken in the aroma of rosewater before you are missing out. It is simply heavenly! Last week, I had a craving for a dessert scented with this beautiful ingredient and I decided that I needed to figure out something seasonal to pair it with. I love it with vanilla and berries […]
Raw Peanut Butter Cup Dream Cake
It was my boyfriend Eric’s Birthday last week on Thanksgiving. I did not want him to be jipped out of a Birthday since it was on a holiday, so we sort of made it a Birthday weekend. I made a big pot of his favorite soup, we spent some quality time together, and even had a […]
Raw Candy Bar Cheesecake
Since I made a lot of Halloween candy, I thought rather than just eating all of it, making something with it would be more fun. So, I decided to make a Raw Candy Bar Cheesecake. It just sounded good, and I could imagine it with layers of chocolate, caramel, peanut butter and chopped candy. I […]
Raw Pumpkin Turtle Cheesecake
Last year I made a raw pumpkin turtle cake and I was thinking about how good it was and dreaming about how a raw pumpkin cheesecake would be even better. I really am a cheesecake kind of a girl and that is how I often think about flavors…hmm, this would make a wonderful cheesecake. […]
Raw Caramel Apple Cheesecake
I have been waiting to make raw caramel apple cheesecake since last year. I do not know why I did not get around to it then, but I decided that it needed to happen this weekend. I thought about a few different ways I could have made it, one involved no streusel and just apples […]
Raw Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars with Gingerbread Crust
I am so excited that Autumn is finally here. Running through crunchy leaves, crisp air, beautifully colored trees, pumpkins, apples and spice…I have to say, this is my favorite time of the year. I wanted to make something this weekend to celebrate the coming of Autumn, and it was between apple and pumpkin. I asked […]
Raw Red Velvet Cake
It has been a really long time since I have made a layer cake, so I figured this weekend was a good time to do so. I am normally not one to stick with traditional plain flavors, but red velvet was on my mind. Just a classic red velvet, with creamy white frosting! The last […]
Raw Fruits of Summer Cake
Whenever someone tells me I can not do something, I make it my mission to prove them wrong. When I was in high school, a physical trainer told me I had horrible feet for running and should not run. I later went on to accomplish age records for my state in my early 20s. I was […]
Raw Red Velvet Strawberry Shortcake
Saturday I made a trip to the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market, something I love doing but do not often get to since I normally work Saturday mornings. I was excited about what deliciousness I might possibly find there, and two of the things I picked up were some fresh local strawberries and beets. I was quite […]
Raw Red White and Blue Dream Cake
When I was a kid, I can remember going up to my grandparent’s cabin one year for the 4th of July, spending the day outside, having hot dogs and potato salad, and watching fireworks at night. One of my favorite parts of the whole thing though, was my Mom’s red, white and blue dessert. It […]
Raw Chocolate Ruby Cheesecake
My favorite summer fruits happen to be red. Raspberries especially (I would eat them by the large bowlful every day if I had raspberry bushes in my yard), strawberries and sweet cherries. So as you can imagine I was thrilled when raspberries were on sale this week, and my boyfriend gave me a large amount […]
Raw Black Forest Cheesecake
I had gotten my hands on some fresh cherries and they were just begging to be made into something special! Although I had many ideas in my head the one that won was Raw Black Forest Cheesecake. I know black forest cake usually involves a moist chocolate cake layer, but I thought chocolate cheesecake and […]
Raw Strawberry Short Cake
I have been wanting to make raw strawberry shortcake for a few weeks now and finally this weekend I got around to it. It may not sound all that complicated, simple strawberry short cake, but I wanted mine to be a bit more special and […]
The Ultimate Raw Carrot Cake
In the past I have made regular raw carrot cake, mini raw carrot cake cheesecakes on this blog, and raw carrot ginger dream cakes, and they were delicious…but this weekend I was thinking about what would happen if I combined those three and made them even more delicious, in the Ultimate Raw Carrot Cake. I […]
Raw Piña Colada Cheesecake
For Easter this year, I decided to make a Raw Piña Colada Cheesecake. Honestly a week ago I was planning on making something with berries to create a pastel cake, but then I got to thinking how delicious pineapple would be and then it had to be piña colada. I know the important part of Easter is […]
Raw Shamrock Cheesecake
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you all! I am not Irish, but that does not mean I am going to miss out on making a beautiful green dessert to celebrate. I have seen so many different Shamrock Shakes posted this week, and I thought about making one for myself, but I thought a Shamrock Cake […]
Raw Samoa Cheesecake
I was never a girl scout, but I did love girl scout cookies when I was a kid. The thin mints and tag alongs were good, but what I really loved were the samoas. If you live in another country and do not know what I am talking about they are delicious little vanilla […]
Raw Rocky Road Mousse Cake
I have never understood those people who feel the need to cast their negativity into other people’s lives. You know, the ones…they are so unhappy with their own lives or insecure that they feel the need to try and make others just as miserable. I am actually shocked about how much negativity gets posted […]
Raw Pretty in Pink Birthday Cheesecake
Yesterday, I turned 27. However, I still feel as if I should be 21…as 27 is getting so close to 30! This will not stop me however from acting younger than my age. I never want to be boring, and I still like to do things like wear hello kitty kitty band-aids, run through sprinklers […]