I’m working on the Cs now and was delighted to find that the first word which needed redefining was Cake:
Oxford Dictionary definition: Mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar etc. baked in the oven.
Our definition: There is absolutely no need of eggs and butter when making a cake. There are so many delicious vegan, and even raw vegan, cake recipes – some very sophisticated and complicated and some, my favourites, needing nothing more than flour, sugar (or other natural sweetener such as agave), vegetable oil and water. And I do not exaggerate when I say that they taste better than any cake I tasted in my pre-vegan days. But you don’t need to take my word for it, look at oatielover’s chocolate cake and Lisa’s vanilla layer cake or any of the thousands of vegan cake recipes out there – there’s something for everyone. All this typing’s making me peckish, please excuse me a moment while I grab one of the blueberry muffins I made earlier 😉
And talking of Blueberry Muffins – this is how I made them:
I mixed together 8 ounces of organic spelt, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, 4 ounces of organic sugar, 4 tablespoons of organic vegetable oil, and about 150 ml of water. Then, when that was all combined into a smooth mixture I added a load of rinsed organic blueberries and mixed those in well. I then generously filled 6 large paper cake cases with the mixture and baked them in a muffin pan at 180°c (fan oven) for half an hour. Easy as pie! Or rather, cake!
Icing is optional but highly recommended 🙂
Don’t fancy blueberries? What about a butterfly cake?
Same recipe, minus the blueberries. When they’re cold, scoop out the top of the cake, fill the hole with icing, cut the cut-out bit in half and stick it in the icing to look like wings.
Anything omnivores can do, vegans can do better! Stick that in your cake-hole Oxford Dictionary!
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Here’s an enjoyable excerpt from The Concise Vegan Dictionary (see link in sidebar) 😀
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Yummy looking photos, beautiful. C for captivating cupcakes.
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They do look yummy don’t they 😀
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Yes, they do.
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“Anything omnivores can do, vegans can do better! Stick that in your cake-hole Oxford Dictionary!” Commendable! 🙂 Love that! 🙂 We use apple sauce too… mashed banana… chia… linseeds… how about chocolate mud cake vegan style (it’s on my blog) 🙂
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😀 Ha ha ha thank you. Ooh, chocolate mud cake – I like the sound of that! Going to look for it now 😉
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Great post! I totally agree! I sub applesauce for oil and everyone loves my muffins and cupcakes!
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Applesauce? Interesting! So you have no fat in your muffins? I’d be very interested in that recipe if you felt like sharing it 😀 Thanks so much for your comment 🙂
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Delicious … 🙂
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I am liking the alphabet reference, what else could C be ☺️…
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Thank you 🙂
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I ❤ your painting 😀 I want some cake now 😉 … Must bake. Or! Your pictures are adorable… I just need to find YOUR house. 😀 I'm coming for your cake. 😉
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You’d better hurry up then – all I’ve got left are raspberry buns 😀
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Your alphabet is fine by me! 🙂
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