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1920s Boston Cream Pie

1920s Boston Cream Pie

If you read my blog regularly, you know that I’m trying out old pie recipes at the moment. After strawberry, raspberry, orange and mock cream pie, I now made 1920s Boston cream pie. Even if it’s called pie, it’s rather a cake: Boston cream pie is a layer cake with custard filling. Continue reading 1920s Boston Cream Pie

Natural Green Food Coloring

Natural Green Food Coloring Sunflower Seeds

Isn’t the dark forest green color of this natural food dye amazing? Can you guess what I used as natural green food coloring? 😀 Hint: It’s not spinach, peas, kale, stinging nettle, avocado or any other vegetable. It’s also not matcha powder, mint leaves, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, pandan leaves, wheatgrass or spirulina. 😉 Continue reading Natural Green Food Coloring

Naturally Colored Speckled Blue Robin Egg Truffles

Naturally Colored Speckled Blue Robin Egg Truffles

I made speckled blue robin egg truffles with homemade natural blue food coloring! Aren’t they just so beautiful? 😀 And they taste as good as they look! Continue reading Naturally Colored Speckled Blue Robin Egg Truffles

Vegan Adzuki Bean Truffle Easter Eggs

Vegan Adzuki Bean Truffles

These delicious, unusal Easter egg truffles are rich, fudgy and full of protein! Adzuki bean truffles are a decadent dessert with a rich, smooth adzuki bean truffle center encased in a dark chocolate shell. The Easter egg chocolate truffles are vegan, super easy to make and so yummy! 😀 Continue reading Vegan Adzuki Bean Truffle Easter Eggs

Natural Pink Food Coloring

Natural Pink Food Coloring

Make your own natural pink food coloring for Valentine’s Day!

A while ago, I made natural blue food coloring with red cabbage. And today, I made natural pink food dye with raw beetroot. Isn’t it such a pretty pink color? 😀

You can use natural beetroot food dye to color baked goods, drinks, ice cream, icing, buttercreamContinue reading Natural Pink Food Coloring

Vegan Cream Cheese/ Queso Fresco Alternative

Vegan Cream Cheese/ Queso Fresco Alternative

Today I’m sharing with you an easy, vegan, nut-free and tofu-free cream cheese alternative made with just one ingredient! For a long time I’ve been looking for a vegan cream cheese or queso fresco alternative that tastes good and which I can use for baking and raw for dips or ice cream. Because it has a neutral flavor it can be used for sweet as well as savory recipes! Yay! 😀 The vegan substitute – homemade tofu – made with boiled soy milk that is curdled with lemon juice, is alright but this one is even better I think. You can use it to substitute quark, curd, ricotta, cream cheese, queso fresco, cottage cheese, farmer’s cheese in non-vegan recipes and tofu in vegan recipes – if you don’t like the taste and texture of tofu. Continue reading Vegan Cream Cheese/ Queso Fresco Alternative