Tag: Basics

Vegan Pâte Sucrée/Shortcrust Pastry

Vegan Pâte Sucrée/Shortcrust Pastry

It’s about time I shared a vegan pâte sucrée recipe so we can get started on making all kinds of tarts on here. (First up will be a vegan strawberry tart so stay tuned for that). This is my go-to dough for making any kind …read more

Vegan Vanilla Cake 2 ways

Vegan Vanilla Cake 2 ways

I was recently asked if the lemon cake recipe could be made into a vanilla one, which got me testing and thinking about how I should probably share a basic vegan vanilla cake recipe on the blog (thanks Cassandra!). But why stop at one recipe …read more

Baking Tips and Tricks

Baking Tips and Tricks

We’ve all been there. Thrown ourselves excitedly into a baking project only to have it go terribly wrong and be so stressful we swear off of it for good. Now, I’m not saying this post will solve all your problems. But hopefully these general baking …read more

Homemade Vegan Butter

Homemade Vegan Butter

*This homemade vegan butter is adapted from Mattie’s recipe over at veganbaking.net. He goes into the whys and hows of each ingredient and explains the whole process really well if you want to know more about it.* Anytime I call for vegan butter in a …read more

Simple Syrups

Simple Syrups

Simple syrups are arguably the most basic of things to make but have a surprisingly wide variety of uses. From soaking cakes, to making cocktails, sorbets and candied citrus peels, it’s a good recipe to have in your back pocket. In its most basic form, …read more