Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Layer Cake
Eric told me that his favorite cake I had ever made was a Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Layer Cake I made for his birthday a few years back. So I decided to make one again this year! Chocolate peanut butter is after all one of the best combinations ever! So I made my chocolate cake […]
Vegan Tahini Chocolate Cake
I am a big fan of tahini. It is good in savory applications like hummus, dressing and sauces, but it is equally good in desserts. I had bought a bunch of tahini for making halva, and decided that a chocolate and tahini dessert will be amazing. What I decided on was a Vegan Tahini Chocolate […]
Vegan Almond Praline Cake
Around the holidays I like to make candy, things like peanut brittle and almond praline brittle are one of my husband Eric’s favorites! I made some almond praline brittle last weekend, because I thought it sounded good, then I thought about how good it might be as an element of texture included in a cake! […]
Vegan Blueberry Vanilla Layer Cake
For my Birthday every year I like to bake myself a cake, this year wouldn’t be any different. I had a Vegan Vanilla Blueberry Layer Cake in mind way in advance, I had bought the ingredients, then this week happened and I almost delayed making the cake (but didn’t because I am posting it obviously). […]
Vegan Strawberry Lemon Layer Cake
The weather here in Minnesota just seems to want to stay cold, in fact we had snow for Easter last weekend, and earlier in the week. But that isn’t stopping me from enjoying the flavors of spring and looking forward to a warmer season. We don’t really get strawberries here until the end of May […]
Vegan Peaches and Cream Layer Cake
Last week, I had the idea to make a peaches and cream layer cake. I admit I was inspired by some peach jam that I had just opened up that Eric’s Dad sent home with us when we visited him in Michigan last fall. He makes some of the best jams, and this peach jam […]
Vegan Mexican Dark Chocolate Layer Cake
Last weekend we celebrated Eric’s Birthday, and he totally lucked out because the weather has been fabulous and warm here lately and his Birthday didn’t fall on Thanksgiving this year. Some years it does and it is kind of not fair since who wants their Birthday on a Holiday when everything is closed and you […]
Vegan Peanut Butter Love Cake
If I could eat a whole jar of peanut butter I would. I love the stuff, and I always have since I was a little kid. Reese’s peanut butter cups were something I looked forward to on the holidays where chocolate was included, and peanut butter sandwiches were a staple in my school lunches since […]
Vegan Turmeric Spice Cake
I love turmeric! Not only is it a beautiful color, but it also has health benefits. I include some in my diet every day, and I notice that when I do I am less sore from my workouts. You may not think something as simple as a spice could do so much, but it really […]
Vegan Almond Joy Cake
If it ain’t broke, why fix it, right? Well, not always. Even when things are really good the way that they have always been sometimes there comes a time when you need to improve upon them. I have decided to remake some of my old recipes and revamp them. The old recipes were good (as […]
Vegan White Chocolate Grapefruit Cake
New Years Eve deserves a special cake, so I knew I wanted to make one, but I wasn’t quite sure what kind. Sometimes my brain is a crazy snow globe with all of my recipe ideas floating around in it at once, getting tangled up with the other things going on in my life. I […]
Vegan Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sometimes you have a good week where everything goes right, and sometimes you don’t. What matters is how you deal with it, and whether it makes you a better person, or a worse person. Well, I had one of those not so good weeks, you know where nothing goes the way you planned it, things […]
Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting
One time I found out Eric threw out some over ripe bananas. “What were you thinking?!” I asked. “You should have given them to me!” I said. I mean, he knows I freeze them for smoothies, and can make some bomb vegan desserts with them (which I always share with him). Not just banana bread, […]
Vegan Snickers Layer Cake
My birthday was last Friday, so this post is a little belated, but I promise you the recipe that accompanies it is well worth the wait. Normally I post my birthday cake recipe on my Birthday but it was a little busier this year and I wanted to relax and not stress myself out last […]
Vegan Coconut Caramel Cake
My Mom gave me a bag of shredded coconut and asked me to make something delicious with it. I made some macaroons, but I also made the most glorious cake. To begin with, when the idea of making a coconut cake came to mind, I was going to go for a classic coconut layer cake. […]
Mini Strawberry White Chocolate Layer Cake
Sometimes I just feel like making a pink girly dessert. Maybe it is the five year old in me that forever wants to wear sparkles and pink. So what if I am 30 I think that way sometimes. So, I decided last weekend I was in that sort of mood and wanted a pink cake. […]
Mini Vegan Caramel Cakes
I have been wanting to make a caramel cake for some time, after seeing one that looked really good on a TV show I was watching, and drooling over another one on Pinterest which had caramel popcorn on top of it. I thought, hey, I can make my own gluten free, sugar free (fruit sweetened) vegan […]
Vegan Festive Carrot Cake
Carrot cake has always appealed to me, ever since I tasted my first bite when I was about 5. I was not one of those kids that turned up their nose at veggies. Not that anyone ever turns their nose up at a good carrot cake once they taste it. It is good stuff! Especially […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]