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πŸ’˜Valentine’s Day Baking, Part 3πŸ’˜
Red Velvet Layer Cake

What can I say about this cake? It is one of the best cakes to make: it’s strikingly gorgeous and is taste perfection (not too sweet, slightly cocoa-y with a tang in the frosting)… and it’s a must on Valentine’s Day because of that gorgeous hue. The batter all ready Read more…


Date Night at Gaia & Loki
Jersey City, New Jersey

Can you believe I’ve never been to Jersey City? A quick trip for to Gaia & Loki, an all-vegan eatery in the city’s restaurant row, would prove its worth tenfold. Once in the gorgeous space, we started with the fried cauliflower. Though cauliflower is the new it appetizer, Gaia & Read more…


Vegan Hummingbird Cake πŸ₯₯🍍🍌

Every once and a while I get the urge to make a Hummingbird cake. So first, some pretty dried pineapple flowers the day before. They make a beautiful edible garnish. Elapsed time… and now ready for a photoshoot. The recipe made tons of batter. Half of it would have been Read more…


Pumpkin & Chocolate Layer Cake
Thank You Very Much

Well you know I have pumpkin puree in my fridge… so maybe you knew this was coming? More pumpkin goods. This layer cake would be dessert for Thanksgiving. Though my layers were a bit wonky (I didn’t measure and my floor is not level clearly), the contrast of orange and Read more…


V.V. Holidaze 2022:
The 13th Annual Classroom Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes πŸŽƒπŸ§

And just like that, it is that time of year… the first frost, a final storing of the light jacket for more insulating outwear, kids with hat head at school, the sneaking melody of holly jolly subtly sandwiched in-between the in-between. And it is time to process Halloween’s pumpkins… because Read more…


4 Ingredient Banana Cake

I used this fantastic and astonishingly easy recipe from Kirbie’s Cravings to make this delicate and delicious banana cake. 4 ingredients! All done and golden Some cream cheese butter cream and blam! The next layer is ready to sit pretty.. The beauty… Time to try! Sublime… how is a recipe Read more…


Long Time, No Chocolate Cake

I made this pretty chocolate layer cake for a friend’s birthday. But each step, a yummy photoshoot. Raspberry and chocolate… a pretty great combination Ok, blackberry too Everything in order here Berries on cake are the best decoration… and they’re edible! Ok, time to cut into it Sturdy layers. I Read more…


πŸ₯³ A Very Special Birthday Cake {Pictorial}


Some More Vegan Food on
Long Island’s North Fork

The North Fork Shack has a great vegan sandwich option that really hits the spot after a long day in the sun at the Merry Merfolk Festival. The S.L.T. is shiitake mushroom, lettuce and tomato… and avocado, minus the lemon-aioli to make it vegan. It was nice to see the Read more…


Dad’s Birthday Mango Cake

To celebrate my father’s birthday and the joyous mango season, this layer cake made from two cups of mango puree. Yes, another one from Rainbow Nourishments! Baking is the perfect way to acclimate to home. Because I miss all my baking stuff while I am away… Let’s get started! A Read more…


Vegan Strawberry Cake πŸ“

Wanting to make this cake for quite some time, this vegan strawberry cake from Rainbow Nourishments was sure to be a summery hit. Using fresh pureed strawberries and nothing gross and fake, it delivered on flavor. A little bit of beet root powder enhanced that strawberry hue. Strawberry cream cheese Read more…


πŸ§œπŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸŒŠmermaid season ’22
Crafting & Cupcakes

It’s time to get ready for this year’s Mermaid Parade! The first in several years, I’m really excited to be part of it. That means I need something to wear… and so does the rest of Team Algae Bra! SO I’ll keep working on this top because I really enjoy Read more…


Food, Lately

I heart strawberries. Not breaking these two up. Delicious lentil meat Cookies, again. I just can’t stop These gorgeous cookies And now some more baking… I feel like a bake for work more than I lesson plan Bring on watermelon season! I kinda love when my hair is bedheaded and Read more…


A Mother’s Day Carrot Cake πŸ₯•πŸ‘©β€πŸŒΎ

I followed this fantastic recipe from Loving It Vegan to make my mother a cake on her special day. And I am happy to report that I did not scrape my knuckles on the grater while I grated the carrot that is the predominant source of moisture for the recipe. Read more…


πŸ“Mike’s Strawberry Vanilla Cupcakes

When I asked my brother what kind of cupcake he’d like for his birthday, he replied “Strawberry?” So here they are! The first batch of strawberry cupcakes I’ve made. No artificial extracts or colorings. They were a big hit and likely to be requested again. So here is the step-by-step. Read more…


Winter In Effect

A healthy start, the artistic cross-section of the cabbage. Greens. My salad with tons of detoxifying veggies with a yummy avocado dressing. There’s your booster right there. I think I would seriously hire someone to peel my pomegranates seeds. It’s so labor-intensive! Christmas is all boxed up. Walking to my Read more…


V.V. Holidaze:
Log LadyπŸͺ΅ … A Vegan BΓ»che de NoΓ«l πŸŽ„

“One Day My (Yule) Log Will Have Something To Say About This.” My goodness! How could I have not connected this traditional Christmas cake with the Log Lady sooner? This kind of cross-section of my interests into thematic baking is highly motivating. And so, a log was born. And a Read more…


V.V. Holidaze: The 12th Annual
Classroom Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes πŸŽ€ 🧁

It is crazy to think that this tradition is now 12 years old! Yes, the classroom pumpkin was once again transformed into my most favorite type of cupcakes: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip with cream cheese frosting. Though this batch was for my colleagues, without which I would most certainly not have Read more…


I Want My Father’s Day Cake! [2021]

Because berry season and Father’s Day coincide, and it’s one of my Dad’s favorite combos, I go all out every year. Doubling this easy, fantastic recipe between two 9″ pans brought the beautiful base to life. Golden and delicious with a sneaky layer inside then spackled in vanilla cream cheese Read more…


Vegan Victuals Valentine Inspirations πŸ’˜
Red Velvet Cupcakes

Hoping to woo a vegan this Valentine’s Day… or hoping to woo yourself? For your consideration, a series of vegan treats that aim to please! And boy do vegans deserve it for all the good they do. So bask in the red gel coloring that is this series: Vegan Victuals Read more…


Vegan Butternut Squash Cake

The sweetest of the winter squashes is the butternut squash. With two of them staring at me from the veggie bowl, I was determined not to make another curry with them. I thought if pumpkin purΓ©e can make one of my favorite cakes, can’t I also use butternut squash for Read more…


Back to Baking

Gosh, it’s been so long since I baked! It was nice to have the opportunity to get back in my baking bowls and wish a special colleague a Happy Birthday. πŸŽ‰ They are red velvet, but I didn’t go nuts with food coloring. I gave the cream cheese frosting a Read more…


Making it Official.

Tomorrow, Summer is here. So the teachers drink. And some will eat my cupcakes: vanilla cupcakes with a pineapple-rum compote and a cream cheese frosting. In their cabana wear. Pretty please with a cherry on top… The last of the dried pineapples I made. Cocktail mermaids A word about edible Read more…


Red Velvet & A Beach Picnic

Sometimes people expect you to make a batch, and so you do, dutifully but no less lovingly. And sometimes you get a satisfaction by using, finally, some of the applesauce you had to buy when you last made the recipe. I hate to have jars lying about, staring at me Read more…


Crumbs Bake Shop Red Velvet Cupcakes

I didn’t know this but Crumbs Bakeshop, one of the early cupcake-only bakeries, closed all their doors, filing bankruptcy in 2014. I looked into them in the cupcake heyday (2003/2004), but they never had a vegan option. Then, eventually, they offered some vegan options–I’m not sure when this happened. I Read more…


The 9th Annual Classroom Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

This is my 9th year teaching… and my 9th year transforming the classroom pumpkins in Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes.  I’m a creature of ritual.  And this ritual starts with my enthusiasm for Autumn and… pumpkins.  For home, for the classroom, for those worthy enough to give a pumpkin to.  I’m Read more…