Easy Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes + One Ingredient Frosting (vegan, GF, DF, refined-sugar-free) I have to confess, I am a collector. Some people collect stamps, coins, antiques. I have a quilter friend who has amassed more colorful fabrics then she will ever use in her lifetime. I, however, collect flours. I have almond flour, hazelnut flour,… Read More
Healthy Plant-based Dessert Recipes
Thank you for popping by to view my wholefood plant-based vegan dessert recipes, many are chocolate, all are healthy. And I try to reduce ingredients where possible. Leave me a comment on a recipe you love!
Pumpkin Chocolate Nut Butter Brownie Cakes (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, oil-free)
Pumpkin Chocolate Nut Butter Brownie Cakes (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, oil-free) Pumpkins are full of antioxidants, fiber and many vitamins. Especially vitamins E and A, great for skin and eyes. So let’s put them in BROWNIE CAKES!! Haha, I know I didn’t invent this notion. But I did create these little treasure chest loaf brownies. Don’t… Read More
Simple Cinnamon Chocolate Layer Cake (dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, oil-free)
Simple Cinnamon Chocolate Layer Cake (dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, oil-free) When it comes to classic cakes, chocolate layer cakes are beloved. And there is nothing more fun than veganizing a classic recipe and giving it a spicy spin. So welcome to my simplest chocolate layer cake recipe to date! All you need is a pot, a… Read More
5-ingredient Vegan Chocolate Microwave Mugcake (in Strawberry Shortcake)
5-ingredient Vegan Chocolate Microwave Mugcake (in Strawberry Shortcake) A chocolate mugcake has to be the best invention for someone who is craving chocolate cake! All it takes is a quick mixing of ingredients in a measuring cup, pouring into a mug (at least 8 oz), and microwave at 1 min and 45+ seconds. How can… Read More
Perfect Vegan Vanilla Cupcake Recipe – dairy-free, gluten-free, allergy-free
Perfect Vegan Vanilla Cupcake Recipe – dairy-free, gluten-free, allergy-free I think I might have half a dozen cupcake recipes on the blog, and yet not one — until now – is a vanilla cupcake recipe. There was a reason. Chocolate cake recipes — which most of my cupcake recipes are — pass recipe testing easier… Read More
Chocolate Vegan Marzipan (almond paste) Cups
Chocolate Vegan Marzipan (almond paste) Cups Such an adventure, making vegan marzipan. Marzipan is really almond paste with varying degrees of sweetening. It is, of course, a sweet creamy concoction long found in pastries. Commercial versions are available of course, but full of processed ingredients and also quite expensive. It used to be hard to… Read More
Sparkling Sugar Chocolate-Coated Cookies & the Boston Marathon
Sparkling Sugar Chocolate-Coated Cookies & the Boston Marathon (vegan, dairy-free) I grew up in Boston. I went to college in Boston. I don’t live there now, but Boston will always be my hometown. So I am in a good position to know that Boston is also home to the sugar cookie. Bakeries abound there dedicated… Read More
Easy Cinnamon Apple Cider Baked Donuts (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Easy Cinnamon Apple Cider Baked Donuts (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) Cider donuts! Is it fall yet? No, not really. In fact it’s 90 degrees here today, but I can dream, can’t I? Cinnamon and apple cider and donuts are just the best combination, don’t you think? And add in the fact that this particular donut recipe… Read More
Chocolate Marshmallow S’mores No-bake Squares (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Chocolate Marshmallow S’mores No-bake Squares (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) If there is any dessert that transcends all barriers, generational, geographical, politics and food tastes, it’s S’mores! A beautiful graham crackery chocolatey carmelly marshmallowy square that sinks warmly in your fingers and melts sweetly in your mouth says so much more than plain old dessert, doesn’t it?… Read More
Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake with Pumpkin (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake with Pumpkin (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) Pumpkin is a wondrous ingredient to put into chocolate cake. Like beets, it adds incredible nutrients and texture. In fact, pumpkin is loaded with the antioxidant beta-carotene, which is one of the plant carotenoids converted to Vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is essential for… Read More
