Homemade vanilla extract is so easy to make at home and is a budget-friendly gift idea during the holidays. Use it in cakes, cookies, brownies, and more! When it comes to DIYs, the kitchen is really my jam over house…
Spice Cookies with Coffee Glaze
Vegan spice cookies with a coffee glaze, take them to your next cookie exchange or keep them all for yourself! Recipe from The Vanilla Bean Baking Book. It’s been almost a couple weeks now since I’ve had a fresh recipe,…
Vegan Italian Cream Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Vegan Italian cream cake is perfect paired with an easy vegan cream cheese frosting! Contains nuts and coconut, perfect for breakfast or dessert. When I was growing up and first exploring baking, my mom would always say ‘I smell something,…
Fall Baking: Cakes, Crisps and Everything In-Between
Pull out your apples and vanilla extract, it’s time to start the fall baking! Usually this time of year starts the pumpkin craze and things start quickly speeding towards the ‘dangerously close to the holidays’ territory. For me, I like…
Vanilla Vegan Glazed Donuts
These vegan glazed donuts are fried to perfection and are topped with an easy powdered sugar glaze. The perfect vegan breakfast or dessert! Creating these vegan glazed donuts Did you hear? It’s National Donut Day! Friday and it’s Donut Day,…
Best Recipes of 2014
This year has brought so many surprises, opportunities, and quite frankly, has gone by in the blink of an eye. It seems like summer was just here (it never got that warm!) and we are still waiting on winter to…
Vegan Holiday Baking Roundup
Who is ready for some marathon holiday baking/hot chocolate sipping (peppermint smirnoff not optional)/edible gift giving? I am! I don’t usually go totally nuts around the holidays, but enough that I need to give away a lot of cookies (hello,…
Vegan Key Lime Pie with Coconut Crust
This vegan key lime pie has a delicious coconut crust and a creamy filling that requires no soak time. Perfect for spring and summer potlucks! Before you even start, I know that key lime pie is totally not is season…
Maple Syrup Caramel Corn (without the corn syrup!)
This caramel corn took three tries and all of my patience this past weekend. Although I’m not one to crave caramel corn frequently, after taking a trip to the Wisconsin State Fair I was craving a a crunchy and sweet…
Vegan Pirate’s Booty Ice Cream
Here is another case of ‘saw a food and now I can’t get it out of my mind until I make’ it syndrome. On Facebook, I follow one of my favorite ice cream restaurants, Wilson’s. This particular place is in…
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Oat Truffles
So normally I would ramble on about how these are OMG the best ever or how they came to be but I’m going to be honest. Sometimes, I just need chocolate and peanut butter smooshed together NOW (an…
Lemon Pound Cake Balls
These sweet babies were made by accident.. You see, I had homework. Two of the most inspiring lady food bloggers I know have a wonderful life/cooking podcast, Joy the Baker and Shutterbean. These lovely ladies discuss everything from favorite Trader Joe’s…