I get asked a lot about vegan recipes lately – do I make vegan cakes, are they tasty, are they healthy seem to be spme of the questions that I got quite often over the past few weeks. The answer is yes to all of them! Vegan cakes are not guilt free, but they surely are…
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{Vegan Coconut Loaf Cake} – Chec cu nuca de cocos – de post!
Being a pastry chef means I get to work almost daily with butter, heavy cream, eggs, milk and all sorts of dairy products that I consider game changing. The taste, flavor, texture, everything is better with the addition of butter or cream. But once in a while I get asked to bake something that doesn’t…
{Vegan Chocolate Muffins} – Muffins de post cu ciocolata
It’s been a very slow week in the Pastry Workshop kitchen and the only thing I managed to bake.. twice… is these vegan chocolate muffins. They’re incredibly easy to make, perfect for the amount of time I had at my disposal for baking and well, they’re egg free and dairy free because I’m trying to…
{Carob Truffles} – Trufe cu pudra de roscove
This recipe gave me the opportunity to try a completely new ingredient to me – carob. Actually the story goes like this: a few weeks ago I received an email from someone telling me about a recently diagnosed cocoa/chocolate allergy and asking me about viable substitues that were easy to find and didn’t require robbing…
{Vegan Strawberry Mousse} – Mousse de capsune
Summer is here, vivid colors are here, but most of all, all sorts of fruits are here and all of a sudden you just feel inspired and desserts are simpler than ever before with all this fragrant abundance or cherries and berries. Today’s recipe is vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free and lactose free and it only has…
{Vegan Chocolate Truffles} – Trufe de post cu ciocolata
I’m not the person to give up on eggs, milk, cream or butter easily, but once in a while I like to try different approaches to food and these vegan chocolate truffles are surely different from my usual desserts – vegan, using mostly raw ingredients and loaded with healthy ingredients, such as dates, chia seeds,…
{Vegan Chocolate Mousse Cake} – Tort de post cu mousse de ciocolata
I’ve been wanting to try avocado chocolate mousse ever since I read about it and I finally find an excuse to make it – a challenge to come up with a few vegan desserts. And God, I was impressed! It’s beyond delicious, I’m telling you! It’s creamy, rich, luscious and has an intense chocolate taste…
{Vegan Chocolate Cake} – Tort de post cu ciocolata
Don’t worry, I’m not giving up on butter and cream – this vegan chocolate cake cake was born after I accepted a challenge and despite being a butter kind of girl, I have to admit that I quite like its texture and taste (well, I just has 2 portions of cake so I guess I…
