Archives for April 2020

This sticky vegan date and walnut loaf is sweetened with maple syrup, a drop of barley malt extract and, of course, dates. The result is a cake that's light, moist and slightly chewy. Malt extract, in modest amounts, can enhance the texture and flavour of a cake like this … [Read more...] about Vegan Date and Walnut Loaf

The decision to make a vegan cranberry crumble cake may have had something to do with the fact that the only fruit in the house besides dried fruit was a bag of frozen cranberries. From above, this traybake looks like a fruit crumble, but the base is a soft wholemeal sponge … [Read more...] about Vegan Cranberry Crumble Cake

This vegan Selkirk bannock is an interpretation of a traditional Scottish fruited bread. Essentially, it's an enormous raisin bun, and apparently it was a favourite of Queen Victoria when she visited Sir Walter Scott. In fact, the first recorded reference to the Selkirk … [Read more...] about Vegan Selkirk Bannock

These vegan dark chocolate and prune cookies have a strong cocoa hit (good if you need some chocolate therapy) and a dark richness courtesy of the prunes and just a drop of molasses. They are naturally on the soft-bake side due to the moistness of the prunes, but they can be … [Read more...] about Dark Chocolate and Prune Cookies