• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Cook for Good

Save money. Eat well. Make a difference.

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Save Money
    • Cook with the Seasons
    • Shop Smart
    • Cut Food Waste
      • Aquafaba
      • How to Make Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
      • How to Make Stoup, a Free Lunch!
      • Climate Change and Food Waste
    • Take a SNAP Challenge
  • Recipes
    • Free Organic Vegan Recipes
    • Supporters’ Recipe Library
  • Feel Great
    • Learn to Cook
    • Get Healthy
    • Organize Your Kitchen
      • Use Handy Appliances
    • Divest Your Plate
  • Cook with LOVE
    • Local
    • Organic
    • Vegetables and Plants
    • Engaged
  • Join
  • Login/out
You are here: Home / Archives for powdered sugar

powdered sugar

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 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

Whipped Coconut Cream

October 27, 2019 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

coconut whipped cream on top of cake

I missed whipped cream when I stopped eating dairy until I discovered the magic of whipped coconut cream. It’s perfect on top of cakes, pies, or anywhere you’d use whipped cream. The main trick is to refrigerate a can of full-fat coconut milk upside-down for the day before so the coconut milk will separate. Add […]

Filed Under: Core, Recipe Tagged With: coconut milk, whipped cream

Queenie’s Apple Strudel

November 9, 2018 by Linda Watson Leave a Comment

Do you wish you could wave your wand to summon a magical apple strudel like the one Queenie made in the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? You’ll have to go to Ilvermorny for that, but you can follow my recipe to make your own muggle-style. It’s easier than pie with store-bought filo pastry dough […]

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: apples, fall, Fantastic Beasts, Harry Potter, holiday

Vegan Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

May 2, 2018 by Linda Watson 1 Comment

Chocolate Seduction Cake on a Happy birthday plate, with several pieces already taken

Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)

Filed Under: Bonus, Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: aquafaba, cacao, cake, chocolate, frosting, vegan butter

Next Page »

Before Footer

Stoup or stew-soup in a bowl full of vegetables, beans, and other food scraps saved to make a free lunch.
healthy fruit salad in a glass dish shaped like an apple

Footer

Blog

Now more than ever, it’s time to develop and share food skills that help us create a healthy, delicious world.

Recipes

  • Newest
  • Extra Thrifty
  • Entrees
  • Desserts
Make a Difference

  • Local
  • Organic
  • Vegetables
  • Engaged
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map
  • Members’ Welcome
  • Contact
Copyright © 2010 - 2017 Cook for Good. All rights reserved.