I am sooo ready for spring and all of the things that come with it.  It has been snowing for a few days here in Minnesota right now so it doesn't feel like spring quite yet.  Yesterday we went to a flower show just to escape the snow and cold and forget about the fact that we aren't quite in the green grass and flowers blooming stage here and it was nice to enjoy flowers even if they weren't outside.  Until I can enjoy spring I figure I might as well enjoy spring flavors!  So I made a Vegan Lemon Pistachio Carrot Cake last weekend!  Carrot cake is essential for spring ..read more

Samoas were always my favorite Girl Scout cookies growing up, what's not to love about a vanilla cookie with chewy caramel, coconut and chocolate?!  So now I love making desserts with that same flavor profile.  I have made cakes, cupcakes, replica cookies, granola, energy balls.  This time I decided to make Vegan Samoa Doughnuts!  I have been buying a lot of vegan doughnuts lately so I thought why not make some of my own.  These turned out so delicious I decided to share them with you all! I love having a doughnut pan, so I can make different flavors of doughnuts at ..read more

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays to make desserts for because I love all things pink and berry flavored!  So this year I thought it would be fun to make a Vegan Strawberry Rosewater Cake!  I know Valentine's Day is not for a few weeks, but I make stuff for the entire month before to enjoy!  This one turned out so delicious I had to share it with you all!  Also, it has been really cold here in Minnesota, it was in the single digits all last week so it was the perfect time to stay inside and bake a cake! For this cake I used my vanilla cake batter, and scented ..read more

It's not exactly a white Christmas here in Minnesota right now, we had rain last weekend, it is above freezing and it is rather brown outside.  That is ok though.  It is better for driving, perfect for running and I am still feeling festive as ever!  We visited a Christmas market last weekend, made a gingerbread house and I made a festive cake!  This Vegan Marble Peppermint Cake! I love a good marble cake for celebrations and I thought it would be wonderful with peppermint for a festive twist! This cake is pretty easy to make as far as cakes go.  For the cake batter ..read more

We are getting into the final part of fall where the colors are starting to fade and it is getting more chilly.  So I am soaking up every last sunny day before it is completely brown outside and the leaves are gone, enjoying running through the crunchy leaves (one of my favorite parts of fall).  You know what the perfect thing to do after being outside on a chilly day is though?  Baking something delicious in a warm kitchen.  So I decided to bake a cake!  I am not sick of pumpkin yet (I don't think I could ever be) so it was a pumpkin cake.  One of my favorite ca ..read more

Today is my birthday, and I always make my own birthday cake.  Most people are surprised when I tell them, but I actually like making it because I think it is fun, and that way I always get exactly the cake I want.  I think making cakes is enjoyable and kind of relaxing!  This year I decided to keep it simple and make one of my favorites from childhood.  I made a Vegan Marble Layer Cake!  Marble cake was something that was served on special occasions growing up, especially birthdays, and I can remember a number of times I had one for my birthday.  I think my pare ..read more

Sometimes you just want cake, but you don't want to make a whole giant cake, and go through the trouble of frosting it.  Which is where mug cakes come in!  They are perfect for a single serving of cake just for yourself and want it fast! Which is why I decided to make this Vegan Strawberry Lemon Mug Cake last weekend!  It was super easy to make and in  less than an hour (which was mainly baking and cooling time with not a lot of effort) I was enjoying it!  I love the combination of strawberry and lemon especially in cakes if you do too and you want a fancier cake you ..read more

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 Cake.  Because sometimes you just crave a really good chocolate cake!  And one needs no special occasion to make a cake, everyday is a good day for cake as far as I am concerned! For the base, I used my date sweetened chocolate cake made rich with tahini instead of oil.  I ..read more

A few years back I had seen peanut butter lava cakes pop up a few times on Pinterest and said to myself, I have to make those.  They just looked too good not to try making. Of course the ones that I had seen were not at all vegan, full of sugar, dairy and eggs.  But that was going to be easy to change as far as I was concerned.  I am pretty confident when it comes to revamping cakes because I make so many of them. Fast forward to now, I am still making my Vegan Peanut Butter Lava Cakes and honestly they are one of my all time favorite recipes!  I just decided that I needed ..read more

It may technically be spring here in Minnesota but we are getting some pretty wintery weather lately, like a few inches of snow and below freezing temps.  But I am so ready for spring, so I am just putting up spring decor, and making spring food and pretending it isn't cold outside.  Things like carrot cake, or these Vegan Carrot Cake Doughnuts!  I wanted some doughnuts last weekend and I have really been in a carrot cake mood lately so I combined the two and they turned out awesome!  Also they are much easier to make than carrot cake which was a win since it was a busy we ..read more