Seeing all of the roses come alive in my city of Midtown Sacramento inspired me to make a rose infused cupcake, topped with these adorable dried rosebuds from the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op. I found this great gluten free vanilla cupcake recipe over at HypeFoodie (find recipe here) and I altered it ever so slightly …
recipe by fettle vegan… find it here! Continue reading chocolate s’mores cookies
Dark chocolate chips melted down into a delicious chocolate lava, transformed into a super rich valentine treat with a layer of vanilla-almond butter goodness, dusted with himalayan salt. The goodness in the middle is a mixture of almond butter, honey, vanilla extract, and sea salt. Here is a portrait of my valentine at Verve from … Continue reading dark chocolate vanilla-almond butter cups dusted with himalayan salt
FUDGEY. Dense. Chewy. Chocolatey. ADDICTING! To me, this is what a brownie is supposed to be. Our local vegan bakery just so happens to sell the best damn brownies on the planet, but unfortunately at a whopping-almost-five-bucks-a-not-so-large-square. Needless to say, finding the best brownie recipe on Earth has been on the top of my list … Continue reading the most ridiculously delicious fudge brownies
It’s loveaversary celebration time people! Today Jef and I are on our way to Berkeley, where we will be spending a couple of days snuggled in our fancy bed and breakfast, eating lots of delicious vegan food, and enjoying some overall quality times. : ) We bid you adieu for a few days, but will … Continue reading chocolate almond butter teff cookies
I was craving chocolate really badly the other night, and I remembered seeing a pretty tasty and easy recipe recently in Raw Food, Real World. I just so happened to have all of the ingredients, too! I wish I had made a lot more, but it’s probably a good thing that I didn’t! These little … Continue reading chocolate macaroons (raw)
Not too long ago, our super crafty and awesome friend Bea gifted us with a radical hand cranking ice cream machine! No more blender ice creams for us… even as fun as they were to experiment with! We have graduated to real ice cream. Vegan ice cream, that is! Here’s an ice cream we whipped up, … Continue reading banana cinnamon ice cream (raw)
We are pleased to announce the arrival of The Littlest Cake, our friend Shannon’s vegan baking/food blog! HOORAY! A new vegan food blog is born! She specializes in baking supremely tasty cupcakes, cakes, cookies, and all treats in general, and she is a mighty vegan kitchen wizard! You should definitely pay her a visit, because … Continue reading zucchini walnut bread with chia seeds
Making your own vegan ice cream is easier than you think! No need for fancy ice cream makers… a blender is a sufficient device for whipping up this simple, healthy, and tasty treat! Jef and I like to buy the discounted bananas at the co-op when we can, because they are perfect for making ice … Continue reading chocolate-banana ice cream
Summer improv dessert… and all we had to run to the store for was the vanilla soy ice cream! BEHOLD! The Mighty White Peach and Pluot Cobbler. Making this was easy as… well, cobbler! We sliced up a pluot and a white peach, and layered them in the bottom of our small cast iron pan. … Continue reading white peach and pluot cobbler
the bear and the blackberry 