Growing up, marble cakes were my favorite cakes. A special treat, reserved for special events, vacations, and the like. Recently I wanted to eat some marble cake, but wanted to take my childhood favorite to the next level. Using an orange scented white cake base and layering with a rich chocolaty batter to make a [...]
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Orange-Chocolate Zebra Cake
Posted in dessert, tagged buttercream, cake, chocolate, marble, orange, recipe, vanilla, vegan on November 14, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Pumpkin Maple Spice Ice Cream
Posted in dessert, tagged butternut squash, five spice, ice cream, maple, pumpkin, recipe, soy, vegan on October 4, 2010 | 9 Comments »
I have a new favorite ice cream flavor for fall. Rich and nutty winter squash gets the royal treatment with sweet maple and a kick of five spice. The weather has been hovering on the brink here: one day will be sunny and warm, the next will turn grey and cold. This ice cream bridges [...]
Raspberry Oatmeal Muffins
Posted in bread, breakfast, dessert, tagged low-fat, muffin, oatmeal, raspberries, recipe, vegan, whole grain on September 11, 2010 | 10 Comments »
In college I used to treat myself to these mouthwatering raspberry oatmeal muffins that the coffee shop in the library sold. I usually try to avoid such coffee shop treats, knowing that they’re full of sugar and fat, but these muffins were too good to pass up. After graduating from college and moving from Massachusetts [...]
Strawberry Mint Tart
Posted in dessert, tagged food, mint, recipe, strawberries, tart, vegan on August 27, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Once I made a tart to satisfy the sweet tooth of my friend Nathan and this tart kicked some major ass. The idea for this recipe started when I began contemplating what to do with the bunches of mint from my mom’s garden. Of course that mint mostly ended up going into a delicious mint-coriander [...]








