4-Ingredient Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting

Pierre Van ZylCakes, Desserts

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This vegan cream cheese frosting calls for only four ingredients, and it makes one small batch. It’s the perfect amount for a dozen cupcakes or a single-layer square snack cake! The frosting is tangy, sweet, and an ideal accompaniment to vegan carrot cake. It’s springtime, the season of blossoming foliage, longer days, and gentler temperatures. Green things are starting to pop up at the farmer’s market: snap peas, asparagus spears, fava beans, and shelling peas. There are holy days to observe and celebrate…

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Vegan Coffee Cake with Cashew Sour Cream

Pierre Van ZylCakes, Quickbreads

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This vegan coffee cake with cashew sour cream is a classic! It’s so tender, with an irresistable ribbon of cinnamon sugar running through the center and big, buttery crumbs of vegan streusel topping. The cake is made with homemade, plant-based cashew sour cream, which contributes to its moist texture. We’re nearing the end of the first week of 2024. Many folks have returned to their offices or places of work this week. Others are busy planning and strategizing for the year ahead. Parents…

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Vegan Chocolate Snack Cake

Pierre Van ZylCakes, dessert, Recipes, Vegan

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If you’re looking for a simple, yet rich and satisfying vegan chocolate snack cake, then look no further! I love this cake because I can make it at a moment’s notice, with ingredients that I have at home, yet it always feels like a special treat. The cake is topped with rich swirls of vegan chocolate buttercream frosting. Yesterday I shared my favorite vegan chocolate frosting, and today I’m sharing the snack cake that I love to put it on. This cake is…

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Vegan Chocolate Frosting

Pierre Van Zylbaking, Cakes, dessert, Recipes, Vegan

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If you love traditional cakes and you love to eat vegan food, then you may have found yourself wondering whether a classic vegan chocolate frosting is possible. The answer: yes! This vegan chocolate frosting recipe is a rich, sweet, buttercream with chocolate flavor. It’s easy to make, and it’s perfect for cakes and cupcakes. I often mention favorite foods in passing, only to be asked “but wait, how is that vegan?” This is especially true when I mention vegan desserts, including vegan cakes,…

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Homemade Vegan Buttermilk

Pierre Van Zylbaking, Cakes, cookies, Gluten-free, Muffins, Scones, & Quick Breads, No Oil, Recipes, Vegan

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Vegan buttermilk is the trick to making perfect vegan muffins, cakes, pancakes, cornbread, biscuits, and other quick breads. Learn how to make it with this simple recipe! I love any and all of the baked goods that qualify as quick breads. These include muffins, scones, cornbread, waffles and pancakes, banana bread and zucchini bread, many cakes, brownies, cookies, and more. All of these tasty breads use chemical leavening. They rise because of the chemical reactions that happen when a leavening agent—usually baking powder,…

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20 Irresistable Vegan Cake Recipes

Pierre Van Zylbaking, Cakes, dessert, Gluten-free, Recipes, Soy-free, Vegan

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If I could eat only one type of dessert for the rest of my life, it would be cake. Here are 20 irresistable vegan cake recipes for celebrations big and small. Plus, my favorite vegan carrot cake with cream cheese frosting! There are all kinds of dessert people in the world. Me, I’m a cake person. It’s not that I don’t love pie, ice cream, cheesecake, cobbler, cookies, or crisp. I’ll happily eat any of those things. But cake has a special place…

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Vegan Vanilla Cake

Pierre Van Zylbaking, cake, Cakes, dessert, Recipes, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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This is the best vegan vanilla cake! A simple sponge cake is layered with luxurious vegan buttercream frosting. It’s elegant, classic, and unbeatable for birthday celebrations. With a birthday just behind me, I’ve had vegan cake on my mind more than usual! This vegan vanilla cake is perfect for birthdays. It’s also a classy, elegant layer cake that can be part of any celebration or special event. With the exception of whatever decorations you’re into, this cake is frill and fuss-free. Three layers…

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Vegan Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Pierre Van Zylbaking, butter, Cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, dessert, Gluten-free, Holidays, Recipes, Vegan

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These vegan carrot cake cupcakes have all of the goodness of traditional carrot cake, in an adorable, single-serve package! They’re the perfect treat for springtime, and they’re also great for birthdays and other celebrations. With Easter Sunday rolling around this weekend, I thought it might be a good time for vegan carrot cake. There’s no shortage of carrot cake on this blog. I have a pumpkin carrot cake, which I love to make in the fall. And then there’s my favorite vegan carrot…

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The Best Vegan Gingerbread Cake

Pierre Van Zylbaking, Cakes, Gluten-free, Holidays, Recipes, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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This is an unfussy, uncomplicated, delightful vegan gingerbread cake. It’s light and airy, not dense, and every bite is infused with ginger and cinnamon. I know it takes a little moxie to call a recipe “the best” anything. I also know that there’s really no “best” version of a dish. Especially a classic, beloved dish. Taste is so subjective. But sometimes it’s hard to contain one’s excitement about a recipe. And I really, really love this vegan gingerbread cake. So I can’t help…

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Vegan Nantucket Cranberry Pie

Pierre Van Zylcake, Cakes, cranberries, dessert, Fruit Desserts, Gluten-free, Holidays, Recipes, Soy-free, Vegan

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Vegan Nantucket cranberry pie is inspired by Laurie Colwin’s classic recipe. It’s a cake, not a pie, and it couldn’t be easier to make! The perfect last minute holiday dessert. I chose a weird year to go all out with Thanksgiving cooking, but it’s happening. At the time of this writing, I’ve got two desserts in the works. I’ve also got green bean casserole, classic bread stuffing, mashed potatoes, and two types of cranberry sauce. Then there’s the Gardein holiday roast that I…

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Vegan Apple Cider Cupcakes

Pierre Van Zylapple cider, baking, Cakes, cupcakes, dessert, fall, Gluten-free, Recipes, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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These vegan apple cider cupcakes are the perfect autumn treat! They’re sweetened with apple cider, spiced with cinnamon, and topped with rich swirls of vegan cream cheese frosting. For all my love of cake, I don’t make cupcakes nearly enough. I associate them with birthdays and special occasions, rather than everyday dessert cravings or snacking. But why? Cupcakes are just a different presentation of cake, and cake is something I make all of the time. From banana cake to peanut butter and jelly…

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Easy Vegan Strawberry (Cake) Shortcake

Pierre Van ZylCakes, Fruit Desserts, Recipes, Vegan

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I promised you a summery dessert today, and that’s what this is! An easy vegan strawberry shortcake with a cake base. There are two ways to make shortcake. One is with biscuits, which can be split to make a top and a bottom, and one is with an actual sponge cake. I like both approaches (it’s hard not to love shortcake however it shows up), but I’m a cake lover first and foremost. I was sort of surprised when I realized that I’d…

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My Favorite Vegan Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pierre Van Zylbaking, cake, Cakes, carrot cake, Easter, Holidays, mother's day, Recipes, Soy-free, spring, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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I woke up yesterday with a little more lightness in my heart than had been there earlier this week. And when I’m feeling lighthearted, my first instinct is to bake. There are so many things I might have posted on this Easter Sunday. Hot cross buns, which I’ve been wanting to make (and make well—my last batch was a total fail) for a while. Pie. A brunch dish, like French toast. Chocolate eggs. Any number of different cakes. But all I’ve been able…

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Vegan Chocolate Bundt Cake with Chocolate Ganache Glaze

Pierre Van Zylcake, Cakes, chocolate, dessert, Holidays, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, valentines day

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I didn’t get to posting this delicious vegan chocolate bundt cake with chocolate ganache glaze last week, but I did get around to enjoying it. And I’ve got a few slices left in my freezer as a Valentine’s Day gift to myself 🙂 It’s no secret by now that I have a thing for cake. Even within the wonderful world of cake, I have favorites, and bundt cakes are high on the list. I love the domed and decorative shapes, the simplicity of…

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Cinnamon Spice Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pierre Van Zylcake, Cakes, cinnamon, Desserts, Gluten-free, holiday, Holidays, Recipes, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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This vegan cinnamon spice sheet cake with cream cheese frosting is my answer to the many recipe flops I’ve had lately: a delicious, fragrant, festive cake that isn’t overly complex or difficult to make/decorate. When I first thought about making this cake, I thought it would be a gingerbread cake, modeled after this beloved recipe….

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Vegan Halloween Whoopie Pies

Pierre Van Zylcake, Cakes, cookies, dessert, Gluten-free, halloween, Holidays, Recipes, Soy-free, Sweets, Tree Nut Free, Vegan, whoopie pies

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As I was sitting down to write this post I thought I’d make a joke about how it was the first dessert I’d posted in ages that isn’t cake. But then I realized that of course whoopie pies are cake. Just small cakes, shaped into a sandwich with their icing. So the cake parade continues…

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Vegan Torta di Mele (Italian Apple Cake)

Pierre Van Zylcake, Cakes, dessert, Holidays, italian, Recipes, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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This post is sponsored by La Cucina Italiana. Thank you for your support! In spite of the fact that I always associate autumn and the holidays with apple pie, cake is and always will be my one true dessert. I’ve made a lot of cake in the past couple years, from PB & J swirl…

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Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting

Pierre Van Zylbaking, Cakes, chocolate, frosting, peanut butter, Recipes, Soy-free, Sweets, Vegan, vegan baking, vegan frosting

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Remember how, a couple weekends ago, I mentioned a recent battle with vegan cupcake recipe testing? These are the cupcakes I was fighting for. They were, and are, so worth the effort and refining it took to get them just right. It wasn’t so much the cupcake batter that gave me a hard time.I used…

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Vegan Golden Milk Cake with Coconut Frosting

Pierre Van Zylbaking, cake, Cakes, golden milk, Recipes, Soy-free, Superfoods, Tree Nut Free, turmeric, Vegan

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Sooner or later I should post a dessert recipe that isn’t cake, right? I guess I just can’t help myself. Placed in a room full of every vegan dessert imaginable, cake would be my first choice every time. But give me time: once the internship eases up I’ll be baking more treats, and they can’t…

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Vegan Golden Milk Cake with Coconut Frosting

Pierre Van Zylbaking, cake, Cakes, golden milk, Recipes, Soy-free, Superfoods, Tree Nut Free, turmeric, Vegan

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Sooner or later I should post a dessert recipe that isn’t cake, right? I guess I just can’t help myself. Placed in a room full of every vegan dessert imaginable, cake would be my first choice every time. But give me time: once the internship eases up I’ll be baking more treats, and they can’t…

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Grain Free Vegan Pistachio Coconut Lemon Cake

Pierre Van Zylbaking, cake, Cakes, Gluten-free, Holidays, passover, Recipes, Soy-free, Vegan

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Happy Monday, friends, and I’m so glad that you enjoyed my thoughts on the mini-trip home. On Friday, I’ll be celebrating Passover with some chosen family: my closest friend from college, Jordan, his parents and his siblings. I felt close to Jordy’s family even back as an undergraduate, in spite of the fact that I…

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Lightly Sweetened Vegan Chocolate Beet Cake

Pierre Van Zylalternative sweetener, beets, cake, Cakes, chocolate, dessert, Recipes, Snacks, Soy-free, sweet treat, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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All things considered, I’d say I have a pretty moderate relationship with sugar. I love homemade dessert, and I bake with sugar, be it refined or natural. As a longtime nutrition student and RD-to-be, I’m mindful of how much I use and I keep in mind that treats are special. But I’ve never avoided sweetening….

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Vegan Peanut Butter & Jelly Swirl Snack Cake

Pierre Van Zylcake, Cakes, dessert, DI, peanut butter, school, snack, Snacks, Soy-free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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Once upon a time, I was placed in charge of the internship program at the publishing house where I worked. Our interns did a lot: they read through piles of manuscripts, giving us early feedback on the work and whether it might fit onto our list of titles. They pitched in with the process of…

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Cakey Vegan Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Blondies

Pierre Van ZylBars, Cakes, dessert, Recipes, Vegan

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Cooking offers me life lessons on a weekly basis. This week, the lesson—administered by these cakey vegan pumpkin chocolate chip blondies—was to accept things as they are. Acceptance—meeting life where it is, not constantly trying to fight against things, control them, or force them to be a certain way—is a theme I meditate on constantly,…

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