King kanel

When the Portuguese Christmas "king cake" meets the Swedish kanelbulle, the result is just... delicious!

Makes 1 cake:

For the dough:
Margarine (vegan, non-hydrogenated - 80g) 
Vegetable milk (300 ml)
Fresh yeast (25g)
Muscovado sugar (50g)
Flour (500g)

For the filling:
Dried fruits and nuts (200 g)
Orange jam (sugar free)

For the top:
Vegetable milk
Muscovado sugar

1) In a small saucepan, melt the margarine over medium-low heat. Pour in the milk and heat gently to about 37C.
2) In a large mixing bowl, combine the yeast with a little of the warm milk-margarine mixture and a sprinkle of the sugar. Let sit for 5-10 minutes.
3) Add the remaining milk mixture, sugar  and about 2/3 of the flour mixture. Mix until you have a smooth, soft dough, adding more flour as necessary if it’s too sticky.
4) The dough is ready when it comes away from the sides of the bowl.
5) Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes.
6) Knead the dough in the bowl and then turn onto a floured work surface and knead in the rest of the flour, for a couple of minutes. Gentle add in the dried fruits and nuts.
7) Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface into a thin, large rectangle. Spread with jam. Roll up tightly along the longer edge and slice into even pieces.
8) Place each piece, sliced side up, and shape a circle. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
9) Preheat oven to 225C.
10) Brush the tops with milk, and sprinkle with sugar.
11) Bake on the center rack of the oven for 8-10 minutes.
12) Cool and enjoy!

Cocoa cake with blueberries

First experience with aquafaba...  it really works ;)

Makes 1 cake:
All-purpose flour (1 cup) 
Coconut flour (1/2 cup)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Extra virgin olive oil (2 tbsp)
Cocoa powder (3 tbsp)
Coconut sugar (1/2 cup) 
Aquafaba (1 cup) 
Cider vinegar (1 tbsp)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a small cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients, except the vinegar and the aquafaba, in a large bowl. 
4) Add the vinegar and mix until combined.
5) Gently fold the aquafaba into the cake mix.
6) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
7) Cover with blueberry jam and fresh blueberries.

Homemade aquafaba:
Liquid from 1 can of organic chickpeas - whip the chickpea liquid until it forms firm peaks.  

Vegan Coconut Scones

Easy and fast... in just 30 minutes you have this delicious and fluffy scones ready...

Makes 6:
Flour (250g)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Coconut sugar (20 g)
Coconut milk (200 ml - caned)

1) Preheat the oven to 220ºC.
2) Prepare a baking tray.
3) Put the self-raising flour (250g) into a large bowl.
4) Add the sugar and coconut milk and gently rub until it comes together in a ball.
5) Lightly flour a work surface, lay out the dough and pat it flat, with your hands, to a thickness of about 2 cm.
6)  Divide it into 6 scones. Place them onto the prepared baking tray.
7) Pop into the oven for 15 minutes until the are cooked (Tapp them on the bottom to see if they sound hollow).

Pepparkakor cake

Nordic flavors in a classic cake recipe. Yummy!

Makes 1 cake:
All-purpose flour (1 1/2 cup)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Extra virgin olive oil (1/2 cup)
Pepparkakor spices (3 tsp - or a combination of ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves)
Coconut sugar (1/2 cup)
Water (1/2 cup) 
Cider vinegar (1 tbsp)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a small cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients, except the vinegar, in a large bowl. Add the vinegar and mix until combined.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is golden brown.
5) Cover with melted vegan chocolate. 

Date muffins

Gluten free... vegan... sugar free...

 

Makes 4:

Oat flour (gluten-free - 3/4 cup)

Rolled oats (gluten free - 1/4 cup)
Baking powder (1 tsp) 

Coconut oil (melted - 2 tbsp)  
Date syrup (2 tbsp) 
Lemon juice (2 tsp) Rice milk (1/4 cup)

1) Preheat oven to 180ºC.

2) Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl.

3) Add the mixture to muffin thins.
4) Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
5) Enjoy them simple or with a date syrup glaze.

Orange and chocolate chips cake

The dessert from our second vegan cooking workshop in Skövde, Sweden.

Makes 1 cake (big):
All-purpose flour (225 g)

Rice flour (225g)

Baking powder (2 tsp)
Extra virgin olive oil (125g)
Orange (juice of one big orange)
Muscovado Sugar (200g)
Water (100 ml)
Lemon (1 tsp)

Vegan chocolate chips (75g)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a large cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients, in a large bowl.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is golden brown.

Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Healthy, indulgent... delicious!

Makes 1 cake (medium):  
Oat Flour (100g) 
All-purposes flour (100g)
Muscovado Sugar (125g)
Coconut oil (room temperature - 50 ml) 
Baking Soda (2 tsp) 
Raw Cocoa powder (80g) 
Water (200 ml - boiling)

Frosting: 
Semi-sweet chocolate (50g)
Coconut oil (1 tsp)
Soya milk (or other vegetable milk - 1 tbsp)

1) Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. 
2) Line one cake tin with parchment paper. Set aside. 
3) In a large mixing bowl, stir together the dry ingredients. 
4) Add coconut oil and mix. 
5) Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). 
6) Pour the batter into the prepared tin.
7) Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool. 
8) Prepare the frosting. Melt the chocolate with the coconut oil. 
9) Pour over the chocolate frosting.

Sea bucktorn pop cakes

Biokia sea buckthorn powder is rich in dietary fiber, vitamins C and E as well as potassium, copper and manganese.

Makes 12 small cake pops:

All-purpose flour (1 cup)
Baking powder (1 tsp) 

Coconut oil (melted - 2 tbsp)  Agave syrup (1 tbsp)
Sea buckthorn powder (1 tbsp)
Rice milk (1/4 cup)

1) Preheat the cake pop machine.
2) Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl.

3) Add 1 tbsp of batter into each cake pops holes.
4) Close the top and bake for 3 to 5 minutes (depending on your machine)
5) Pull them out and let them cool. Enjoy them simple or with a glaze.

PS: If you don't have a cake pop machine you can do them as mini muffins and bake them in the oven. 

Rustic Apple Galette

You can have it for breakfast, as a dessert or simply enjoy it as with a cup of tea!

For the crust: 
Flour (200 g)
Vegan butter (100g)
Water (40ml)

For the filling: Apples (5 - peeled, cored, and sliced thin)
Agave nectar (1 tbsp)
Cinnamon (2 tsp)

1) Combine flour, butter and water in a bowl. Mix by hand until you reach a bread like dough consistency.
2) Preheat oven to 180C.
3) Place the apples, agave and cinnamon in a bowl and toss well until combined.

4) Roll out the dough and fill in with the apples.

5) Bake for 35 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Energy tropical vegan cake

Delicious...

Makes 1 cake:

All-purpose flour (1 1/2 cup)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Extra virgin olive oil (1/4 cup) 
Agave syrup (1 tbsp)
Energy smoothie (prepared with 250 ml water)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a small cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is golden brown.

Vegan pineapple cake with cream fraiche

Oatly IMat fraiche... it's really fresh and delicious!

Makes 1 cake:
All-purpose flour (1 1/2 cup)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Extra virgin olive oil (1/2 cup) 
Agave syrup (1/2 cup)
Pineapple juice (1 cup) 

Topping:
IMat fraiche (200 ml)
Agave syrup (1tbsp)
Pineapple (200g)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a small cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients in a large bowl.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Cool completely. 
5) Whip the Imat fraiche with the agave, spread evenly over the cake and sprinkle with pineapple.

Banana and Persimmon Vegan Cake

Moist, sweet, flavourful and easy to bake :)

Serves 6 to 8:
Banana (2 - ripe)
Persimmons (1 - ripe, pulp)
Muscovado Sugar (1 cup)
Wheat flour (3 cups)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Water (1 cup)
Olive oil (1/2 cup)
Lemon (juice of half)

1) Preheat the oven to 170 º.
2) Mix banana, sugar, persimmon pulp.
3) Gradually add the flour, baking powder, water, olive oil.
4) Add the lemon juice and mix well.
5) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the top is golden brown.

Kanelbulle

And... it's Kanelbullens Dag!

Makes about 20 rolls:

For the dough:
Margarine (vegan, non-hydrogenated - 50g)
Vegetable milk (300 ml)
Dry yeast(1/2 packet, equivalent to 25g fresh yeast)
Muscovado sugar (50g)
Cardamom (ground - 1 tsp)
Flour (640g)


For the filling:
Margarine (vegan, non-hydrogenated - 40g)
Muscovado sugar (40g)
Cinnamon (2 tbsp)

For the top:

Vegetable milk
Pearl sugar (or muscovado sugar)

1) In a small saucepan, melt the margarine over medium-low heat. Pour in the milk and heat gently to about 37C.
2) In a large mixing bowl, combine the yeast with a little of the warm milk-margarine mixture and a sprinkle of the sugar. Let sit for 5-10 minutes.
3) Add the remaining milk mixture, sugar, cardamom, and about 2/3 of the flour mixture. Mix until you have a smooth, soft dough, adding more flour as necessary if it’s too sticky.
4) The dough is ready when it comes away from the sides of the bowl.
5) Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes.
6) Knead the dough in the bowl and then turn onto a floured work surface and knead in the rest of the flour, for a couple of minutes.
7) Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface into a thin, large rectangle. Spread with butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Roll up tightly along the longer edge and slice into even pieces.
8) Place each piece, sliced side up, into baking cups. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
9) Preheat oven to 225C.
10) Brush the tops with milk, and sprinkle with sugar.
11) Bake on the center rack of the oven for 8-10 minutes.
12) Cool and enjoy!

Skillet Cake with Açaí Frosting

This week has kept me very busy, the days seemed to have 48 hours ...
the dinners had to be simple, quick and nutritious. And so açai powder and coconut oil played a main role at dessert time.

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Serves 4:
Muscovado Sugar (50g)
Vegetable milk (200 ml)
Coconut oil (1 tbsp + 1 tsp)
All purpose flour (150g)
Baking powder (1 tsp)

For the frosting:
Cashews (raw - 50g - soaked for 2 hours) 
Lemon juice (fresh - 1 tbsp) 
Agave (1 tbsp) 
Açaí Powder (1 tbsp)

1) In a bowl, mix all ingredients until well combined.
2) Melt one teaspoon of coconut oil in a woven proof skillet, add the dough, smoothing with a spatula. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
3) Put in the oven, under the grill and cook for another 5 minutes, until golden brown.
4) Rinse and drain the cashews. Add them to a blender with the lemon juice and agave. Blend until super smooth and creamy with no texture at all. Once you have achieved that you can add the açaí powder and give it another quick blend.
5) Spoon into the cake and enjoy.

Havregurt Cake with Apple Topping

Oatly has this natural oatgurt: "We make our oatgurt on a fermented oat base that will remind you of yoghurt but it doesn’t contain the work of animals which puts it in a league all by itself."

So I've tried it... with granola like this one.

It's not a yogurt has they say but it's really much better... but while I as eating breakfast and tasting the oatgurt I had the idea to try it on a cake...

Havregurt cake with apple topping

Makes 1 cake:
All-purpose flour (2 cups)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Muscovado Sugar (1/2 cup)
Natural Oatgurt (1 cup)
Extra virgin olive oil (1/2 cup)
Water (1/2 cup)
Lemon (juice of 1)

Topping:
Apple (1-chopped)
Coconut oil (1 tbsp)
Muscovado Sugar (1 tbsp)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a small cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients, except the lemon juice, in a large bowl. Add the lemon juice and mix well.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake at 180ºC.
5) Melt the coconut oil, add the apple, sugar and cinnamon over low heat. Cook the apples until tender.
6) Take the cake from the oven (it should be tender in the top) and add the apples. Return the cake to the oven.
7) Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and the top is golden brown.

Walnut Muffins

Fragant and delicious...

Makes 6 (small - 65 mm): 
Whole wheat flour (75g)
Apple puree (60g) Dark-brown sugar (2 tbsp)
Walnuts (ground - 25g)
Olive oil (1 tbsp) Cinnamon (ground - 1 tsp)
Baking powder (1 tsp)
Water (1 tbsp)
Lemon juice (1 tbsp)
1) Preheat oven to 180C. 
2) Line muffin cups with paper or foil liners. Set aside. 
3) In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients until combined. 
4) Divide batter evenly among cups. Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

Vegan Cake

For the last couple of months I've been trying to bake the perfect vegan cake, fluffy, light and moist... and here it is :)

Makes 1 cake:
All-purpose flour (1 1/2 cup)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Extra virgin olive oil (1/2 cup)
Maple syrup (1/2 cup)
Water (1/2 cup)
Lemon (juice of 1)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F).
2) Line a small cake pan.
3) Mix together all ingredients, except the lemon juice, in a large bowl. Add the lemon juice and mix well.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan, bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is golden brown.

Vegan Orange Cake

And for today... an orange vegan cake, fluffy and moist :)

Makes 1 small cake:
Flaxseed (powder - 2 tsp + 2 tsp water)
the Vegg (1 tbsp+1tbsp rice milk)
Dark Muscovado Sugar (4 tbsp)
Yofu (125g - natural, sugar free)
Olive Oil (2 tbsp)
All purpose flour (150g)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Cinnamon (1tsp)
Orange juice (100 ml + 100ml)

1) Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F)
2) Line a small cake tin.
3) Mix together all ingredients, use only half of the orange juice and reserve the rest.
4) Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin. Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven.
5) Pour over the orange juice (while the cake is still in the tin) and leave until cold.
6) Ease the cake from the sides of the tin before trying to remove it from the tin.

Vegan Coconut Cake

Serves 4:
Flaxseed (powder - 2 tsp + 2 tsp water)
Dark Muscovado Sugar (75g + 10g)
Coconut Milk (120 ml)
All purpose flour (100g)
Baking powder (1 tsp)
Non-hydrogenated soy margarine (1tbsp)
Coconut (2 tbsp)

1) Preheat oven to 175C/350F.
2) In a bowl mix flaxseed, muscovado sugar (75g), coconut milk, flour and baking powder until well combined. Reserve the rest of muscovado sugar, margarine and coconut and combine them in a small bowl.
3) Pour batter into prepared pan. Top with the coconut mixture.
4) Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

Apple "Boleima"

A tradicional portuguese recipe from alentejo, "veganized" :)

Plain flour (2 cups)
Whole wheat flour (1 cup)
Rice Milk (1 cup - or any other vegetable milk)
Coconut oil (1/2 cup)
Apples (4 - cut into quarters and laminated)
Muscovado Sugar (1/2 cup) 
Cinnamon (1 tbsp)

1) Preheat oven to 180C.
1) Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and make a hole in the center, place the milk and the oil into it and mix until smooth.
2) Knead by hand adding more flour if necessary. Divide the dough into two roughly equal parts.
3) Place one portion of dough on vegetable parchment and flatten with a roll pin until gets thin. Do the same with the other and reserve.
4) Cut the apples into quarters, peel and cut them into thin slices. 
5) Place the vegetable parchment with one part of the dough in the baking pan, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and distribute the apple slices and sprinkle again with sugar and cinnamon.
6) Turn the second dough over the apples. 
7) Slightly close the ends of the dough squeezing them between your fingers.
8) Bake until golden brown (about 25 minutes).