Vegan Christmas Cake – the eating Every Wednesday I took the cake out of its box and brushed it all over with brandy to feed it. On Christmas day itself we had so much food that we didn’t get around to the cake. It was finally cut on New Year’s Day and it was lovely….
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Christmas Dinner
It was lovely but I can barely move now. Pudding will have to wait. Roast turkey (firecracker vegetable parcel for my vegan daughter). Braised red cabbage with onions, apple and red wine vinegar. Mashed carrot and swede with horseradish mustard. Roast potatoes in their skins with rosemary. Roast parsnips glazed with honey and sherry. Roast…
Mince pies – vegan
This recipe came from the BBC site, here. The changes I’ve made are: To use 290g cherries in kirsch rather than 390g. That’s just because that’s the only size jar I could find. Replace coconut oil with vegan margarine, Flora Buttery. Otherwise the coconut taste comes through too strongly. I made 24 out of the…
Vegan Christmas ginger and coconut biscuits/cookies
I do like a ginger biscuit (cookie) but since I went non-dairy I have to watch what’s on the packet because most things are made with some kind of cheap milk derivative, so I had to find an alternative. I made these with coconut oil and you can taste coconut. Maybe I’ll try margarine next…
Christmas is coming III
Vegan Christmas Cake – the feeding I finished the bake on Tuesday but I’ve been too busy to post the update until now. It took 2 1/4 hours for the bake to finish and then I left the cake to cool in the tin for a few hours. You really need a day when you’re…
Christmas is coming II
Vegan Christmas Cake – the baking I wanted to do this yesterday but, you know, life gets in the way sometimes. I used my mixer to gently combine all the margarine and sugary stuff then stirred in the soaked fruit and dry ingredients with a wooden spoon before adding the soya milk, red wine vinegar…
Christmas is coming I
Vegan Christmas Cake – the soaking I love a Christmas cake and it’s that time of year so I needed to find a recipe that’s vegan friendly, meaning my daughter can enjoy it too. I found this one from the Domestic Gothess site and it looks promising so I’m giving it a go. I hope…
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