Archive for the ‘Desserts & Sweet Treats’ Category

May 19, 2013 1

Sorta Healthy Carrot Cake

By in Desserts & Sweet Treats, Gluten Free

Difficulty: Easy-Medium Serves 8-10 My brother is on the most gnarly health kick of all time and for his birthday he requested a healthy carrot cake. Let’s be honest here – this cake is much healthier than other cakes but at the end of the day, a cake is a cake, and cake isn’t all [...]

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May 7, 2013 0

Roasted Agave Fig Layered Dessert

By in Desserts & Sweet Treats, Recipes

  Difficulty: Easy-Medium Serves 2 I got my hands on a bunch of figs and needed to use ‘em up, and quick! Some fig flavoured Spun Fairy Floss was also lying around and I figured that it would be a crime to not put the two together. This layered dessert is perfect for Autumn… or [...]

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April 25, 2013 2

Anzac Cupcakes with Coconut Frosting

By in Desserts & Sweet Treats, Recipes

Difficulty: Easy-Medium   Makes 12 I once made a premo batch of Anzac cookies with one of my friends but because I am an idiot, I didn’t write down the recipe. My redemption comes in the form of these Anzac cupcakes; they have all the basic elements of the cookie but they’re a cake, does [...]

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March 1, 2013 0

Chocolate, Hazelnut & Toffee Tart

By in Desserts & Sweet Treats, Recipes

Difficulty: Medium Serves 8-10 I know I’ve been holding out on you guys lately in terms of sweet treats, so I decided to throw my diet caution to the wind and make something bitchin’. You don’t need to bake this tart which is awesome, especially on a hot day when using the oven heats up [...]

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January 2, 2013 7

Baked Caramel Cheesecake

By in Desserts & Sweet Treats, Recipes

Serves 10 Difficulty: Easy-Medium It’s my first post of 2013 and believe it or not, I’ve never ever in my life made a baked cheesecake. Throwing a recipe together was pretty simple but the taste is far from it, pretty awesome actually. I’ve added a can of the Soymilke caramel to the mix but you’re [...]

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December 23, 2012 0

Reindeer Bark

By in Christmas, Desserts & Sweet Treats, Holidays

Difficulty: Easy Serves 10 It ain’t Christmas without some kind of peppermint treat so I’ve thrown together this super simple reindeer bark recipe. Layers of dark and white chocolate are topped with crushed candy canes to make an awesomely tasty treat that looks wonderfully impressive. Ingredients 4 cups dark chocolate buttons 4 blocks Sweet William [...]

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December 23, 2012 0

Cherry Rum Balls

By in Christmas, Desserts & Sweet Treats, Holidays

Difficulty: Easy Makes 36 Rum balls are a traditional Christmas favourite but I thought I would flip the script on this treat and make them a little different. Adding cherry to this incredibly easy recipe means that you can whip them up in a jiffy and use them as snacks to please unexpected guests over [...]

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December 21, 2012 2

Cherry Cheesecake

By in Christmas, Desserts & Sweet Treats

Difficulty: Easy Serves 8-10 Ingredients 18 Digestive biscuits 1/3 cup Nuttelex, melted 1 375 gram jar morello cherries (check for seeds) 1/3 cup caster sugar 3 teaspoons agar agar 1 tub Tofutti Better than Cream Cheese 1 carton Soyatoo Topping Cream 1/3 cup icing sugar 1/4 cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted Method Grease a springform [...]

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December 19, 2012 0

Gingerbread Ice Cream Cake

By in Christmas, Desserts & Sweet Treats, Food, Holidays

Difficulty: Easy Serves 8-10 Fact: gingerbread is delicious and so is ice cream. That’s why I decided to combine the two to make one heck of a festive frozen dessert! You’re going to need a few special vegan ingredients to whip this up but what you’ll spend on ingredients, you’ll save in time. Pop it [...]

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December 3, 2012 9

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting

By in Christmas, Desserts & Sweet Treats

Difficulty: Easy-Medium Makes 12 Cupcakes are good food all year round but come Christmas time you can make ‘em extra festive. Poppin’ a teensy candy cane on top of these babies instantly gives them a festive feel and are wonderful as edible gifts or a Christmas gathering. Ingredients 1 cup soy milk 1 teaspoon apple [...]

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