Tag: vegan

Nutty banana bread

*** Nutty banana bread ***
Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free.

Easily made free of added sugar

Ingredients

2 ripen bananas well mashed
200g self raising flour (I use Aldi gf self raising)
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tablespoon honey (optional)
50g chopped nuts
70g dairy free butter (I use Stork margarine)
30g nut butter

** Method **

  • Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius
  • Sieve the flour, baking powder and cinnamon together.
  • Mix in the mashed bananas
  • Add the chopped nuts and honey
  • Melt the butters and add. Mix well.
  • Place in loaf tin and bake for 40/45 minutes.

Basic Savoury muffins

*** Basic muffin recipe***

Add any flavour
Dairy free, egg free and gluten free

*** can be made sugar free***

Ingredients

150g self raising flour
(If gluten free replace the flour with 150g of any gluten free plain flour
1/4 tsp xanthan gum, 2 tbsp baking powder, 1 tsp bicarbonate soda (baking soda))

1 pinch of salt
60g dairy free butter melted or 60ml oil
60g of any pureed vegetables or fruit
60ml milk (I use rice milk but any milk will work)
15ml lemon juice

15 ml maple/golden syrup (optional)
1 cup of grated carrot/parsnip (optional)

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  • Mix all the dry ingredients together.
  • Mix the melted butter/milk/pouch/lemon juice and syrup together.
  • Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Fold in the grated carrot, don’t over mix.
  • Bake in the oven for 18/20 minutes, they didn’t colour but don’t over cook as they’ll go hard.

They freeze well so handy for lunch box.

Coconut cupcakes

*** Coconut muffins ***
Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free

Ingredients

  • 200ml coconut milk
  • 20ml cider vinegar
  • 160g self raising flour
  • 40g coconut flour
  • 30g desiccated coconut
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Half tsp bicarbonate soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 40g brown sugar
  • 80ml melted coconut oil

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180C/355F
  • Mix the milk and cider together and set a side.
  • Sieve the flours and add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Add the oil to the milk and cider mixture and whisk.
  • Immediated spoon into bun cases (should make 12 muffins).
  • Bake for 20 minutes, until golden brown.

(If using gluten free plain flour then use a half teaspoon of xanthan gum or teaspoon of cornflour and an extra teaspoon of baking powder with the gluten free plain flour)

My go to Birthday Cake

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*** Dairy free, soya free, egg free, nut free and gluten free ***

Chocolate cake

Ingredients

200g/2 cups gluten free self raising flour
50g/half a cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
100g/half a cup sugar
60ml/4 tblsp flavourless oil (sunflower/vegetable/rapeseed oil)
200ml/1 cup milk (any alternative milk)
20ml/1 tblsp/30g golden syrup or maple syrup or honey

Method

  • Preheat fan oven to 180C/355F.
  • Sieve flour, cocoa powder and baking soda together. Add the sugar.
  • In another bowl whisk the milk, oil and syrup together.
  • Add the liquid to dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Pour into lined or greases tin – 8 inch circular
  • Bake for 30 minutes.

If you double the quantities, you can make a sandwich cake. Put buttercream in the middle. Dairy free Butter cream

Or use a ganache to decorate Vegan Ganache

Alternatives

  • If you are using Plain gluten free flour, add 2 additional teaspoons of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of bicarbonated soda and half of teaspoon of xanthan gum
  • Half teaspoon of xanthan gum can be replaced with a teaspoon of cornflour/cornstarch or potato starch.
  • Rice milk is best milk for vegan baking as it holds air better than other milks.
  • Recipe can be used for muffins. Bake for 18 minutes.

Dairy free Butter cream

***Dairy free, soya free, egg free, wheat/gluten free ***

Ingredients
250g df butter (soft stork margarine in gold foil).
500g icing sugar
1-2 tablespoons warm water

1 tsp vanilla essence (optional)

Method

  • Beat the margarine.
  • Sieve half the icing sugar in to the margarine and add water.
  • Beat well.
  • Add remaining sieved icing sugar and beat well.
  • Add a little more water if it’s too stiff.
  • Add vanilla essence or food colouring as required.
  • For chocolate buttercream, add a tablespoon of cocoa powder when sieving the icing sugar.

Carrot and Courgette muffins

** Carrott and courgette muffins ***

Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free

*** Sugar free ***

High in omega 3

Ingredients

5 oz self raising flour (I use Aldi self raising gluten free flour)

1oz milled flaxseed

A pinch of salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon mixed spice

50 ml rapeseed oil

1 carrot (finely grated)

1 courgette (finely grated)

2 well ripe bananas

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
  • Put all ingredients except bananas into a bowl and mix well.
  • Mash bananas into other ingredients and completely combine.
  • Put in bun cases.
  • Bake for 15/18 minutes.

Alternatives

  • If not gluten free, this recipe works well with half wholemeal flour/half white flour
  • Add a handful of well chopped spinach

Banana bread

*** Dairy free, soya free, egg free and wheat/gluten free ***

*** Banana bread ***
Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free

Ingredients

  • 8oz flour (I use gluten free plain flour but any flour mix will work)
  • A pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4oz sugar
  • 80 ml favourless oil (sunflower, vegetable, rapeseed etc)
  • 3 well ripe bananas (well mashed)

Method

  • Preheat oven to 160 degrees Celsius
  • Mix all ingredients except bananas together.
  • Add the bananas into other ingredients and mix well.
  • I sprinkled some sugar on top
  • Bake for 50 minutes.

Alternatives

  • If not gluten free, this recipe works well with half wholemeal flour/half white flour
  • Add 50g raisins
  • Add 50g grated apples
  • Add 50g chopped nuts
  • Add 50g chocolate chips
  • Swap 30g of flour with cocoa powder

Raspberry muffins

****Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free ***

Really moist buns

** Ingredients **

50g raspberries

125ml golden syrup

80ml milk (any alternative milk)

60ml oil

125ml yogurt (I use koko yogurt)

180g self raising gluten free flour

1 tsp baking powder

** Method **

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
  • Whisk the golden syrup, milk, oil and yogurt together.
  • Add to the flour and baking powder.
  • Mix well.
  • Fold in the fruit.
  • Put in bun cases and bake for 12/15 minutes.

Alternatives
– Add 50g strawberries

– Add 50g blueberries

– Add 50g dairy free chocolate

– Add 50g grated carrot

– Add 50g grated apple

– Replace 50g of the flour with cocoa powder

Golden syrup
A question regularly asked is what is golden syrup? The following information is taken directly from Wikipedia.
Golden syrup or light treacle is a thick amber-coloured form of inverted sugar syrup made in the process of refining sugar cane or sugar beet juice into sugar, or by treatment of a sugar solution with acid. It is used in a variety of baking recipes and desserts. It has an appearance similar to honey and is often used as a substitute where honey is unavailable or prohibitively expensive.
It is not to be confused with amber corn syrup or amber refined sugar. Regular molasses, or dark treacle, has both a richer colour and a strong, distinctive flavour.
A common brand used is Lyle Golden Syrup.

Simple moist muffins

*** Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free ***

Really moist buns

*** Ingredients ***

100ml golden syrup/maple syrup/corn syrup.
80ml milk (any alternative milk)
60ml oil
125ml yogurt (I use koko yogurt)
180g self raising flour (I use gluten free self raising flour)
1 tsp baking powder

** Method **

  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
  • Whisk the syrup, milk, oil and yogurt together.
  • Add to the flour and baking powder.
  • Mix well.
  • Put in bun cases and bake for 18/20 minutes. The recipe makes 10 muffins.

For a cake, put in cake tin and bake for 30 minutes, test with skewer to ensure its cooked through.

For a sandwich cake, double the amount and fill with vegan butter cream. Dairy free Butter cream

Golden syrup
A question regularly asked is what is golden syrup? The following information is taken directly from Wikipedia.
Golden syrup or light treacle is a thick amber-coloured form of inverted sugar syrup made in the process of refining sugar cane or sugar beet juice into sugar, or by treatment of a sugar solution with acid. It is used in a variety of baking recipes and desserts. It has an appearance similar to honey and is often used as a substitute where honey is unavailable or prohibitively expensive.
It is not to be confused with amber corn syrup or amber refined sugar. Regular molasses, or dark treacle, has both a richer colour and a strong, distinctive flavour.
A common brand used is Lyle Golden Syrup.

Vegan Chocolate Ganache

***Dairy free, soya free, egg free and gluten free***

Ingredients

280ml/1 cup canned coconut milk –  the coconut milk cream from a 400g of tinned coconut milk

30ml/2 tablespoons Coconut oil

300g/2 cups dairy free chocolate (broke in small pieces)

250g/2 cups icing sugar (powdered sugar) (you may need extra if it does not thicken)

Method

  • Place the coconut milk and coconut oil in a saucepan over a medium heat, do not allow it to boil.
  • Pour the hot mix over the broken chocolate and mix until all the chocolate as melted. This may take a few minutes
  • Whisk until full combine.
  • Slowly add the sugar while the whisk is going. Whisk at a high speed for about an minute.
  • Place in fridge for about an hour until it complete cools down. It should now have thickened.
  •  Whisk again at a high speed, if it still isn’t thick, then slowly add some more sugar, until you get the required consistency.
  • Spread on your cake/cupcakes/buns.
  • It may also be used between two biscuits to make a biscuit sandwich.
  • Any left over ganache can be rolled and made into sweets.