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These vegan bakewell tarts have a soft raspberry, strawberry and frangipane centre and a light, crisp top. It's a recipe that takes one or two liberties with the traditional bakewell, including fresh strawberries and an unexpected ingredient in the form of white … [Read more...] about Vegan Bakewell Tarts

This vegan whole orange cake is very loosely based on a cake that featured on This Morning with Richard and Judy sometime in the 1990s. The charm of it is that you start off by boiling a whole orange in water before blitzing it in a food processor. In rethinking a recipe … [Read more...] about Vegan Whole Orange Cake

This simple vegan plum torte is a vegan interpretation of a recipe that was published in the New York Times every year from 1982 to 1989. I think the reason for its popularity, aside from the fact that it's a really easy and attractive cake to make, is that it was published at … [Read more...] about Vegan Plum Torte

For some people, carob is synonymous with the blander aspects of the seventies wholefood movement. Instead of tasting like a worthy alternative to something nicer involving chocolate, though, this vegan carob date crunch works well precisely because of the unique, sweet, earthy … [Read more...] about Vegan Carob Date Crunch

This isn't wholefood, and strictly speaking it isn't baking either, but it is traditional, in Canada anyway. Nanaimo bars are the millionaire's shortbread of fridge cakes, with a chocolate-coconut biscuit base, a vanilla filling and a top layer of chocolate. There are lots … [Read more...] about Vegan Nanaimo Bars