Browsing articles in "Desserts"
Jun
15
2011

Tartes fines poire et frangipane

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Frangipane is a fragrant, moist filling made with ground nuts or nut paste such as almond paste. Ingredients Frangipane: 1/4 cup vegan butter at room temperature 1/4 cup unrefined sugar 1/4 cup silk tofu 1/2 cup ground almonds 1/4 tsp almond extract Crust: 7 oz of puff pastry 3 pears 1 tbsp unrefined sugar (optional) Directions: For the frangipane, beat in a bowl the vegan butter and sugar with electric mixer until the mixture is [...]

Apr
7
2011

Vegan Raw Cheesecake

Vegan Citrus Raw Cheesecake

A few weeks ago, we went to “Expo Manger Santé” and there was a food demonstration of a citrus vegan raw cheesecake from Prana (a Montreal based-company). The cake was awesome, simple, easy to make and so good that I made another one yesterday. I really like this recipe because it don’t use Tofutti. This cheesecake will satisfy everyone, it’s worth trying. It’s simple and requires no cooking. Here’s the recipe Ingredients Crust 2 cups [...]

Dec
10
2010

Sweet Potato Pie w/ Three-Nut Topping

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I finally took the time to post this recipe. My husband and I, baked this delicious pie on Thanksgiving Night, 2 weeks ago. We live in Canada but most of our family live in the United States. Each year, everyone is getting together to cook some good food. Unfortunately we weren’t able to be with them this year to celebrate Thanksgiving… so we decided to bake a pie thinking about them. This recipe comes from [...]

Nov
18
2010

Maple Banana Walnut Muffins

Banana Muffins

We’ve had kind of an abundance of bananas lately and when it comes to ripes banana, muffins are an easy way to go. These muffins are a great (and guilt-free) way to start your day! I love the combination of walnut and banana and the addition of some wheat and oat bran adds some great fibers to these muffins. My 2 years-old daughter love these muffins!! Thanks to the Vegandad for this recipe. If you [...]

Oct
31
2010

Wicked Halloween Cupcakes

Halloween Cupcakes

Here’s some cupcakes I made for my daughter’s Halloween party. All her friends at the daycare really enjoy these cute cupcakes. They are really easy to make and you will have a lot of fun making them! The idea was taken from the Food Network website. I didn’t follow their recipe because it was not vegan. Instead, I baked 2 batches of the Moka Chip Muffins without the chocolate chips. Here’s all the instruction on [...]