spice cake (vegan) & a birthday

As we speak, I have this dark, moist gingerbread cake in the oven, scenting the house with wafts of delicious spice.  What I like most about this cake is that it doesn’t use eggs or dairy, is sweetened with maple syrup and uses organic cold-pressed, unrefined coconut oil.  The coconut oil is liquid in summer, but […]

anzac biscuits (vegan)

I grew up on these traditional Australian Anzac biscuits.  Wives and mothers made them to send to the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) serving in Gallipoli. They are a deliciously crunchy, deeply golden, sweet biscuit. The oats and coconut give them a lovely lightness. ANZAC BISCUITS Golden Syrup is a thick sweetener made from […]