This Angel Cake (Domestic Gothess) fills three sponge cakes with vanilla buttercream. The blogger at Domestic Gothess is a baking genius, and has managed to create two tea time treats made from plant-based ingredients. Nostalgia galore! Her Battenberg cake (first created in 1884 to celebrate the marriage of Queen Victoria’s granddaughter with Prince Philip’s grandmother) is a light almond sponge wrapped in Marzipan.
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people & pets (many human foods including citrus, dried fruits, nuts and chocolate are unsafe near animal friends).
recipes for traditional fruity tea loaves
Earl Grey Tea Loaf (Domestic Gothess) is from the book Great British Vegan. A fruity tea loaf to spread with vegan butter (we like Naturli, as it’s free from palm oil). A lovely mid-morning or afternoon snack.
Earl Grey tea is flavoured with oil of bergamot, so choose an organic version to ensure it’s not artificially flavoured. The tea is apparently so-called after former Prime Minister Charles Grey, who ruled this land in teh 1830s. The story goes that the tea was blended by a Chinese mandarin at the family seat in Northumberland, however others say that it is named after a tea merchant called William Grey, and the ‘Earl’ was added on, to make the tea more posh-sounding!
This fruit cake (Ele Vegan) has a chocolate glaze on top for something different. Michaela’s recipes are always simple and always work!
make your own (vegan) jaffa cakes
Jaffa cakes are real ‘childhood memory comfort food’ treats. But the store-bought ones are not really up to much by today’s standards – palm oil, refined sugar and plastic packaging. Instead, try these Vegan Jaffa Cakes (The Veg Space). Easy to make with ready-made jelly, and a blend of dark/white chocolate to make ‘milk chocolate’ topping. Make a simple orange kanten to replace the jelly.
vegan cakes in compostable packaging
Positive Bakes is what you’ve been looking for! These cakes and bakes are not just plant-based but all are free from palm oil and sent next-day in compostable packaging. Aside from making the items yourself, you can’t really get much better, can you? Handmade in Leicestershire, this company even makes its own almond milk to use in the cakes. The company is also certified vegan and gluten-free friendly. Use a letterbox guard to protect unsafe ingredients from pets.
Situated in a new eco building in a gated community, this ensures the carbon footprint is low even to make and bake the cakes. The cakes are sent out in wood pulp biodegradable packaging to avoid plastic, and many of the ingredients are organic. The range includes:
- Classic cakes (including mixed boxes)
- A vegan afternoon tea (complete with vegan clotted cream!)
- Banana or chocolate loaf cake
- Lemon drizzle cake & citrus tarts
- Brownies (chocolate, hazelnut, salted caramel)
- Raspberry blondies