My birthday was always the last week of the school year in New York, so my birthday was usually the last party of the year in class in grade school. My mom would always make these cupcakes for me to bring in because they were easy to eat and I […]
Desserts
Vegan Chocolate Pudding Icebox Cake
Happy national chocolate pudding day! Although I love pudding all on its own, this is an easy way to make a spectacular looking cake that will impress everyone with its many layers, soft texture and delicious whipped cream frosting. There are many versions of ice box cakes but this is […]
Vegan Pandan Cake
It’s my birthday and I’ve been obsessed with a cake we had many times at one of The Loving Hut restaurants here in Florida. They didn’t have many desserts on the menu but there was one that interested us and it was called a Pandan cake. It was a green […]
Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Parfaits
It’s National Strawberry Shortcake Day! You could certainly make a cake but I find those so hard to cut and store when making in advance. Some like a biscuit style shortcake which certainly has its place, but I like a sweeter cake. So having said all that, I decided the […]
Vegan Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bites
It’s National strawberries and cream day! Why not kick off the holiday weekend with a taste of summer and these ice cream truck taste-a-like bites! True story — we ran an ice cream truck one summer so we wouldn’t have to get “real” jobs and it was great for two […]
Vegan Copycat Peanut Butter Tandy (Kandy) Cakes
Having grown up with the Tastykakes brand from Philadelphia, there was one treat in their lineup that was my favorite and it was called the Tandy Kake. The name was later changed to Kandy Kakes to avoid confusion with another brand on the market. They’re apparently their number one selling […]