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Food - Recipes : Spiced apple chutney. Easy Bramley Apple and Sultana Teabread | Bramley Apples. Mushroom, Chickpea & Walnut Veggie Burgers with Onion & Basil - Ramsons & Bramble. FREE Recipes | Trinity's Conscious Kitchen. No-Bake Carrot Cake Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan) By Trinity Bourne Contributing Writer for Wake Up World It seems like an eternity since I made my first raw carrot cake, some 15 years ago. A small group (4 of us) formed the ‘Raw Pudding Club’ – we’d gather before lunch, all bringing the most delicious raw desserts (with an occasional salad on the side ). We’d spend 12 hours straight indulging, chatting, learning, laughing, crying and inspiring one another with anything from food to optimal health to bushcraft skills or even how to fix your car. Raw Carrot Cake was my speciality. It’s best to use a food processor to get the right cake-like consistency; although you can get away with using a blender or even a hand blender (but beware that you don’t over blend it!).

I use soaked dates, walnuts and carrots to create the main body of the cake, along with a decadent dance of flavours from freshly ground nutmeg, fresh ginger and ground cinnamon. No-Bake Carrot Cake Recipe Serves: 4 – 6 slices Preparation time: 25 minutes (plus 2 hours soak time) Banana banana bread recipe. Vegan baking: cake and cookies | Jamie Oliver | Features.

Baking can be challenging if you are a vegan. No dairy and no egg – two major ingredients when it comes to baking sweet stuff. But fear not – I have a few simple solutions for you that are pretty much foolproof. The dairy part of the equation is pretty simple. You can try substituting butter with olive oil or coconut oil, often with fairly satisfying results. You will likely end up with a slightly denser cake, but I am quite partial to these anyway. Replacing eggs in a recipe though can be a little trickier.

I am yet to find a replacement for egg white that will create a pavlova or meringue. Baking is a science and a lot of it is a matter of trial and error, but when it comes to finding out what does and doesn’t work, lets just say I can tell you quite a bit about the latter. So, here are a few options for you if you are looking to use eggs to bind your cookies, cakes or pastry: Chia seeds These are a little more fancy, but I think they do a really great job. Serves 6 -8 Makes 12. Basic biscuit dough. Peanut Butter and Banana Cookies recipe.