The Chestnut Candle

These cherry walnut squares are a vegan take on a classic coffee morning traybake, which consists of a shortcrust pastry base topped with glacé cherries, walnuts and raisins in a layer of soft, fruity toffee. The original recipe was a handwritten one which came from Canada … [Read more...] about Cherry Walnut Squares

Peanuts and chocolate are a dependable combination and this chocolate peanut butter slice is a vegan variation on a familiar theme, this time with a crunchy cocoa-rich biscuit base which makes it extra chocolatey. As you might expect, it's a really easy recipe, and you can use … [Read more...] about Chocolate Peanut Butter Slice

The starting point for these vegan digestive biscuits was a recipe in an old Friends of the Earth Cookbook - well, 1980, so not exactly old in digestive biscuit terms. They're really wholesome, slightly salty, slightly sweet, crunchy biscuits that will work just as well in a … [Read more...] about Vegan Digestive Biscuits

This recipe for vegan olive oil cake takes its lead from classic Italian olive oil cakes, balancing flavours of extra virgin oil and pine nuts with a hint of lemon and vanilla. It's a rich, moist cake with a soft texture. The olive oil taste is very subtle, but still gives … [Read more...] about Vegan Olive Oil Cake

These vegan pinwheel cookies are a plant-based version of one of those old-fashioned party biscuits you rarely see nowadays. They're actually one of the simplest biscuit recipes zhuzhed up by rolling a chocolate and vanilla layer together swiss-roll style and slicing. The … [Read more...] about Vegan Pinwheel Cookies