Baking

Puff pastry filled with vegan cream, strawberries and strawberry jam

Vegan Strawberry and Cream Slices

Vegan strawberry and cream slices just scream summer!  A few ingredients are all you need to make these glorious crisp pastries, filled with cream, jam and fresh strawberries.   I live in Co. Wexford in Ireland which is famous for growing strawberries so my summers from ages eight to eighteen […]

Rhubarb crumble on a plate with vegan cream

Rhubarb Crumble

Rhubarb crumble is a delicious crisp recipe made with the tart bright pink rhubarb and topped with a sweet crunchy crumble topping.  I love rhubarb crumble as a change from a berry or apple crumble since rhubarb is so tart, it totally balances the sweet crumble and the sweet ice […]

Vegan cranberry scones with orange butter

Vegan Orange Cranberry Scones

These homemade Vegan Orange Cranberry Scones make the perfect breakfast, snack, or after-school treat. Vegan Orange Cranberry Scones are made with a sweet white scone dough with cranberries spread with orange butter and rolled up. Cut into slices as they bake all the swirls merge together. While they look pretty, […]

Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

These Vegan Gingerbread Cookies are both delicious and easy to make! Soft, chewy, and full of spices, they’re the perfect treat for Christmas. I aways made decorating gingerbread cookies a Christmas tradition with my children when they were small. They loved deciding how to decorate their gingerbread men and houses. […]

Vegan Christmas cake

Vegan Christmas Cake

 Vegan Christmas cake – a rich, moist and boozy vegan fruit cake that is perfect for the festive season. Eat right away or make in advance and feed regularly with rum or brandy.   Fruit cake is a bit of a divisive one; I know that not everyone likes it, […]

Vegan Rocky Road

  Who doesn’t love a slice of Vegan Rocky Road? Fluffy marshmallows, crunchy nuts and chunks of biscuits coated in melted chocolate. I made this for Christmas so I topped it with loads of sprinkles and of course glitter, how could I not?   Vegan Rocky Road is made in […]

Vegan Mincemeat Slices

I love mince pies at Christmas but it can be hard to find vegan ones in the shops. Vegan Mincemeat Slices are a quick and easy bake giving you all the taste of mince pies without the work of making individual pies. It’s a very simple recipe with only a […]

Vegan Irish Barmbrack

At Halloween in Ireland it is traditional to eat Barmbrack which is not vegan so here is a recipe for Vegan Irish Barmbrack. The recipe I have made most often is my maternal grandmothers recipe for Irish Barmbrack. I never met my grandmother as she died before I was born. […]

Vegan chocolate raspberry muffins

Vegan Chocolate Raspberry Muffins

Vegan Chocolate Raspberry Muffins, this is the perfect recipe to make to share with people who think vegans eat nothing but vegetables. I can guarantee they will not be able to tell that these are vegan! Moist chocolate muffins with chocolate chips and a ripple of raspberry jam on top, […]

Stainless steel measuring cups

Baking Charts

  Recipes from the USA often display baking measurements in ‘Cups’ – but how do they convert to the imperial and metric measurements more commonly used in Europe? Precise measurements are so important in baking, so I’ve created several baking conversion charts to help you out.       FATS […]