Wednesday 26 January 2011

Coconut cakes!

To make 12 coconut cakes:
  • 2 "eggs" worth of egg replacer + water
  • 4oz self-rasing flour
  • 4oz sugar
  • 4oz vegan butter
  • 2-3oz shredded dried coconut
  • dark chocolate

To cook:
  • Mix everything dry in a bowl, then mix with butter, then add water last till a smooth-ish texture.
  • Scoop into the cases
  • bake at 180 degrees for about 30mins, or until brown
  • melt dark chocolate over a bowl of hot water
  • drizzle with a spoon!

These cakes turn out really light and fluffy! I have baked vegan cakes for years and can never get this light fluffy texture without the use of egg-replacer, i have tried oil, soya milk and banana alternatives but egg-replacer works best in my opinion!

Even my non-vegan housemates love them! (in fact i had to cook two batches in two days!)

Thursday 20 January 2011

Banana Bread!


Ok, so it was supposed to be banana cake, but i apparantly forgot how to cook it and had banana bread instead.
go figure.
I can't tell you how to make it because i didn't mesure anything o.O but i can tell you whats in it!
  • Molasses sugar
  • 3banana's
  • 2 teaspoons of oil
  • self-raising flour
  • baking powder

Think thats it... if you think anything here isn't vegan, hit me up, there are always those sneaky little non-labled things.

It wasn't bad, if left overnight then sliced thinner, it makes a good sweet breakfast bread for jam!



Tuesday 18 January 2011

An introduction.

Welcome to my vegan blog!

Me:

I am a student studying fashion design, I live in a house with lots more wonderful students, none of which are veggie or vegan. I like tea-cups, sewing, tattoos and cats.

I also love cake and desserts

(i will try and make a vegan version of everything i swear...).

Why I am Vegan:
I was brought up a meat-eater, at the age of 9 I stopped eating meat, from the age of 16 i have yo-yo-ed from veggie to vegan to lacto-ova-something or others and so on.
I have decided (at the ridiculous age of 20) to get on it and finally beat those vices and become a full time Vegan.
I also watched Earthlings, a highly-biast vegan pushing doc. about how humans use animals.
It works.
Don't wanna go back to animal products? Watch Earthlings.
oh yeah "why" i'm vegan:
Because it's a better way to treat yourself and the rest of this world.
Have some respect!
(i'm not gonna get philisophical don't worry, if you go vegan, you know your reasons)


Why I made this Blog:
  • I like blogging.
  • I have alot of things to talk about.
  • I ask alot of questions.
  • I LOVE to cook.
  • More people need to know Veganism is easier than you think!
  • It's fun.

Yeah you probably think i'm a hypocrite:
  • Tattoos are not very often vegan.
  • I did not throw out all my non-vegan belongings, i see no point in creating more landfills because i changed my moral views.
  • I will buy second-hand non-vegan clothing products, it's recyling, thats my personal moral view.