If you would like to celebrate someone’s special day, rather than buy plastic-wrapped overpriced cakes at the store (often containing factory-farmed milk and eggs, artificial dyes and refined sugar), why not bake your own? These lovely recipe books use wholesome ingredients including whole grain flours, natural food dyes and vegan butters with no palm oil.
Keep these cakes (and fresh dough) away from furry friends, they contain chocolate and other pet-toxic ingredients like nuts. Never use xylitol near pets – even a dropped crumb could cause a medical emergency.
The Little Book of Vegan Bakes
The Little Book of Vegan Bakes has simple recipes like Sticky Toffee Pudding, Victoria Sponge Cake, Cookies & Cream Cupcakes and Chocolate Orange Fridge Fudge, plus more ambitious bakes like Cherry Bakewell Tartlets. Includes easy guides to vegan icing and decorating.
Vegan Baking Made Easy
Vegan Baking Made Easy offers 60 foolproof recipes plus tips on how to bake without eggs or dairy, and how to adapt recipes to be free from nuts or gluten. Recipes include:
- Key Lime Pie
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Rhubarb Dream Bars
- Sunshine Mango Pie
- Classic Apple Galette
- Pumpkin Bread
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Everything but the Kitchen Sink Cookies
Va Va Voom Vegan Cakes
Va Va Voom Vegan Cakes offers recipes for small treats like Lemon Meringue and Rooibos Tea Loaf and fancier large bakes like Raspberry Wowser Cake, Blueberry Lavender Cake (below) and a Knickerbocker Glorious Cake for summer days!
Bake It Vegan: Cakes, Cookies, Brownies
Bake It Vegan is a book of amazing desserts, made with natural sweeteners. Recipes include Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies, Peach & Raspberry Galette, Individual Neapolitian Cheesecakes and Nutella Cake.
Baked with Love is a book of 110 allergen-friendly vegan desserts. This book dishes up a yummy batch of simple and fun vegan twists on classic treats. The easy-to-follow recipes have rich photography, handy tips for healthy baking and all the how-tos. The recipes feature high quality ingredients and there are many gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free and allergy-friendly options. The recipes include:
- Vegan Lemon Blueberry Cake
- Baked Vegan Banana Bread Cheesecake
- Vegan Kitchen Sink Cookies
- Vegan S’mores Brownies
- Caramel-stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
- Brownie ‘Cheesecake’
- Vegan Chocolate Mousse Cake
