The idea behind this vegan spiced fruit cake was to have a cake reminiscent of the flavour of German cakes and cookies like lebkuchen, but with the fruitiness and rich texture of a Christmas cake or black bun (I had intended to post this before New Year but ran out of … [Read more...] about Vegan Spiced Fruit Cake
Orange Chocolate and Almond Cookies
These vegan orange chocolate and almond cookies are a Christmas variation on a nut-based vegan cookie recipe that's simple and foolproof. Using orange flavoured chocolate as well as orange zest ensures that the flavour permeates the whole biscuit and gives them a lovely … [Read more...] about Orange Chocolate and Almond Cookies
Crunchy Banana Flapjacks
This recipe was the result of a quest to create crunchy banana flapjacks, having tried several recipes with fresh banana that just didn't have the texture I was looking for. The trick is to use banana chips ground down to a coarse, sandy flour. The resulting flapjacks are … [Read more...] about Crunchy Banana Flapjacks
Vegan Panettone
This is an easy recipe for vegan panettone, the Italian sweet fruited bread traditionally eaten at Christmas. The recipe is for a lemon or chocolate chip version, but you could add all sort of other things - orange zest, chopped apricots, rum-soaked raisins... I have used … [Read more...] about Vegan Panettone
Traditional Vegan Fruitcake
Here is a reliable recipe for a traditional vegan fruitcake. It's really easy to make, moist and fruity and keeps well. This is also a very adaptable recipe. The pictured cake was made with blackcurrant jam and cranberries for a cake with rich berry flavours and splashes of … [Read more...] about Traditional Vegan Fruitcake