The Chestnut Candle

These vegan date brownies, which are also gluten-free, are about as close as brownies get to health food while still being unmistakably brownies. They are sweetened solely with dates. There are no stealth sugars in the form of syrups or coconut sugar, no highly processed sugar … [Read more...] about Vegan Date Brownies

This vegan chocolate pecan pie is adapted from a recipe in Marjie Lambert's Cajun Cooking which makes an American classic even more redolent of southern cuisine by adding the richness of chocolate and a slug of bourbon. Although this pie is jam-packed with nuts (260 grams … [Read more...] about Chocolate Pecan Pie

This vegan margherita cake is inspired by the classic Italian torta margherita. A traditional margherita cake can include as many as ten egg yolks, which give the sponge a distinctive light yellow colour. This vegan version obviously contains no eggs but I've included a little … [Read more...] about Vegan Margherita Cake

This vegan maple pecan cake has a soft texture and a sweet, crunchy, chewy top. It's one of those super-easy vegan recipes that involves mixing all the wet ingredients together and stirring them into the dry ingredients. Somehow, this minimal process always seems to produce a … [Read more...] about Vegan Maple Pecan Cake

Healthy nuts and seeds make up over half of the ingredients in these crunchy oat biscuits, hence the name super oat crackers. They contain three of the top plant sources of omega-3 fatty acids: flaxseeds, chia seeds and walnuts. It's a recipe adapted from plant-based … [Read more...] about Super Oat Crackers