Category: dairy-free

• healthier chocolate cake

  

  This chocolate cake has a few unusual things about it: There is a fair amount of oat bran in it. It also uses two apples that you puree with some molasses and coffee first. Lastly, there are a few healthier substitutions that keep it from being too decadent: whole wheat flour instead of cake flour, […]

  Dave G

  January 24, 2021

  60% cacao, baked goods, baking, bittersweet chocolate, cakes, chocolate, chocolate cake, cocoa, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, healthy, low sugar, snack, snack cakes, whole wheat

  heart-healthy chocolate cake, low-sugar chocolate cake, molasses, oat bran chocolate cake, olive oil chocolate cake, stevia, truvia, whole wheat flour, yes-chocolate cake!

• walnut squash muffins

  

  These are delicata squash muffins, but you can substitute any other roasted squash for this. The Nocino walnut liqueur adds a strong clove flavor, so I only added cinnamon and nutmeg as spices to these muffins. If you don’t have this liqueur, just add more milk in its place and maybe add some extra spices, […]

  Dave G

  October 13, 2020

  baked goods, baking, dairy-free, food blogging, muffins, quick bread, snack, walnut liqueur, walnuts

  delicata squash muffins, nocino, quick bread, quickbread, squash muffins, walnut liqueur, walnut squash muffins

• lime coconut cassava snack cake

  

  This is an uncomplicated cake with subtle flavoring. If you want, you can make decorative swirls of lime zest or even a thin lime slice or wedge to top each square of cake. If you want more lime flavor, you can add more lime zest to the cake batter and just use more lime juice […]

  Dave G

  June 28, 2020

  baked goods, baking, cakes, coconut, dairy free, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, gluten-free, snack, snack cakes, teacake

  cassava cake, grated cassava, lime coconut cassava cake, lime coconut icing, macapuno, macapuno coconut, snack cake, snack cakes, yucca

• morning glory muffins

  

  Lately I’ve been attracted to make simple, familiar things that aren’t too complicated. I think it’s probably in response to the complicated world we now live in, and a yearning for simple and homey things that remind me of a simpler time. This was a recipe I tried several years ago, and this time I […]

  Dave G

  May 31, 2020

  baked goods, baking, dairy free, dairy-free, food blogging, muffins, pecans, quickbread, snack

  breakfast, dates, dried pineapple, molasses, morning glory muffins, muffins, pecans, quick bread

• honey mochi muffins (guava, green tea, and tamarind)

  

  For May, I wanted something that is lighter and suited for springtime with pastel colors and things that don’t have to be heated for long periods of time at extremely high temperatures. So these are baked at 325 degrees F. for about 30 minutes, which isn’t too much heat. It’s just enough, however, to make […]

  Dave G

  May 1, 2019

  baked goods, baking, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, gluten-free, green tea, Guava, Hawaiian, island food, matcha, muffins, snack, tamarind, tropical

  bibingka, gluten-free muffins, green tea, Guava, matcha, mochi muffins, mochiko flour, Rice flour, tamarind

• black sesame cookies

  

  Happy Autumn! I was hoping to be making something a little more autumnal, like something with apples, pears, and/or pumpkin spice, but I sort of ran out of steam, and out of fresh ideas. Plus I made a drier more crumbly version of these last week, which I didn’t like, so I felt I needed […]

  Dave G

  October 14, 2017

  baked goods, baking, biscuits, coconut, cookies, dairy-free, egg-free, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian, whole wheat

  black sesame cookies, black sesame seeds, chopped dates, tahini

• matcha blackberry friands, vegan

  

  A friand is a small almond cake, similar to French financiers. In fact,  friand literally means “a tasty thing” in French. They are popular in Australia and New Zealand. The main ingredients for both friand and financier are almond flour, brown butter, icing sugar, and egg whites, but a friand often has additional ingredients and flavors […]

  Dave G

  October 1, 2017

  almond flour, almond meal, almonds, baked goods, baking, berries, cakes, cupcakes, dairy-free, dessert, egg-free, food blogging, matcha, muffins, nut flour, tea, teacake, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian

  financiers, friands, matcha blackberry friands, matcha friands, tea time, teacakes

• tamarind coconut streusel cake loaf

  

  Have you ever worked on something so much that you got weary of working on it, but you didn’t want to take a break, because you wanted to get it done and be done with it? That’s me today with this cake streusel thing for this here blog post. I spent the good part of […]

  Dave G

  September 9, 2017

  baked goods, baking, cakes, coconut, coffee cake, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, quick bread, snack, tamarind, teacake

  cake loaf, coconut, coffee cake, streusel, streusel cake, tamarind cake, tamarind coconut cake loaf, tamarind coconut streusel cake loaf

• red quinoa banana oat bars

  

  Sometimes you come across a recipe online that is so basic, so memorable, that you make a mental note of it and try to recreate it without needing to look at the source online, because it’s incredibly easy and basic. And after making it a few times, you’ve made some minor changes and tweaks, and […]

  Dave G

  September 5, 2017

  baked goods, baking, bananas, bars, breakfast, dairy-free, egg-free, food blogging, healthy, low sugar, snack, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian

  banana oat bars, granola bars, oat bars, quinoa, red quinoa