Recipe: Vegan Carrot Cake

Hello friends,

This weekend I traveled back to West Virginia to celebrate my parents’ birthdays. Yes, that’s right – they have the same one! Born the same day, just two years apart. In honor of this occasion, I thought I’d make my dad’s favorite cake, the always moist and creamy, carrot cake.
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I had never tried to make a carrot cake before so I decided to look at a few recipes online. I wasn’t in love with what I saw – a lot of recipes with a ton of ingredients, most of which were not in my cupboards. Rather than move onto a different cake, I decided to look at a carrot cake cupcake recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Takeover the World. If you don’t have this book, you should snatch a copy ASAP. It’s my #1 goto recipe book.

What follows is a highly modified version of the cupcake recipe. I added in almond milk, tweaked the ingredient amounts, and added crystalized ginger instead of powder. Everyone seemed to enjoy the end result, and they said it was quite moist and creamy. I will admit, it’s a bit rich, so if you don’t have a real sweet tooth, beware! Please give this recipe a try and let me know what you think.

Cheers!

Jocelyn

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Recipe: Vegan Vanilla-Ginger Cupcakes

Hello friends,

I hope you had a good Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day or simply a good Saturday. Since my partner didn’t get home from sunny California until 2am on Friday night, I woke up quite a few hours before he did so I made cupcakes! After raiding my cabinets and realizing I had very few baking ingredients, I opted to create a new cupcake based on the golden vanilla cupcakes in Vegan Cupcakes Takeover the World (seriously buy this book – it’s a must have!).

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Recipes: Quick & Easy Vegan Party Treats

Hello friends!

Today I thought I would share two ideas for vegan party treats. Last year, I hosted an Oscars viewing party and my dark chocolate drizzled kettle corn and champagne-vanilla cupcakes were both a hit! I hope you put these recipes to good use!

Enjoy!

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