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Chocolate-Raspberry Cupcakes with Basil Frosting

August 9, 2020 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

chocolate cupcake with basil frosting and sprinkles

Capture summer flavors and bakery-level indulgence with these chocolate cupcakes. You’ll notice the fresh fragrance of basil before you take your first bite. Enjoy the unexpected pairing of vanilla, basil, chocolate, and a hint of cardamom. Take another bite to reach the zip of raspberry filling. My Taster says the raspberry ties the other flavors […]

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe

Carrot Cake with Tangy Frosting

April 11, 2020 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Carrot cake with frosting

I’ve updated my carrot cake recipe by adding a tangy frosting that tastes like a cream-cheese frosting, but with ingredients that may be easier to get. The cake is moist and spicy, with flecks of orange carrot. The healthy ingredients include plenty of carrots (surprise!), fresh ginger, white whole wheat flour, and very little oil. […]

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: cake, carrots, Easter, spring

Vegan Mini-Pavlovas

December 29, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

vegan mini-pavalova topped with whipped coconut cream and fresh fruit

Mini-Pavlovas get an A+ as a fancy dessert. Scrumptious, fun, photogenic, unusual, make-ahead, thrifty, and allergen-free. These beauties are vegan, gluten-free, and have only as much oil as are in the toppings you add. They taste sweetly indulgent, but the bases have only 38 calories each. I topped mine with banana slices, blueberries,  whipped coconut […]

Filed Under: Dessert, featured, Recipe Tagged With: aquafaba, Christmas, coconut cream, food gifts, fresh fruit, holiday, make-ahead, party

Vegan Rolled Cookies with Hazelnut Flour

December 1, 2019 by Linda Watson 2 Comments

Vegan rolled cookies frosted and decorated on a Christmas plate

At last! Vegan rolled cookies you can cut into adorable shapes and decorate for Christmas or Easter. These vegan sugar cookies are sturdy enough to pick up and that hold their shape while baking. Use aquafaba, not eggs or milk and coconut oil, not butter. See make-ahead tips too.

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: aquafaba, birthday, Christmas, cookies, dairy free, Easter, egg-free, frosting, holiday, make-ahead, rolled cookies, sugar cookies, vegan

Kabocha Spice Cake

October 28, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Do you love pumpkin pie but don’t want to make a crust? Try my new Kabocha Spice Cake. It’s rich, moist, and full of pumpkin-spice flavor, without the calories or fuss of pumpkin pie. This cake comes together in just 20 minutes active time, starting a roasted squash, or 30 minutes starting with a whole […]

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: autumn, cake, kabocha squash, oil-free, pumpkin spice, vegan

Chocolate Walnut Cookies

May 31, 2019 by Linda Watson 2 Comments

vegan chocolate walnut cookies

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Filed Under: Bonus, Recipe Tagged With: aquafaba, chocolate, cocoa, cookies, walnuts

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