Dark Vegan Noire

So, it's been a while since i've done any vegan baking.  I recently was watching Felica Day's "Flog" and in this past week's episode she makes Seitan from a vegan site called The Post Punk Kitchen.  I did exploring on their site and came to the realization that the authors of this website are also the authors of my beloved vegan baking books!  So I explored and found some awesome savory food I'd like to make (vegan food can be very tasty) and I also found these.

Raspberry truffle brownies.  Chewy, gooey, berry-ie...  I had to give them a try.

I melted 4 oz of unsweetened chocolate in my small sauce pan and set it aside.

Next I combined 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup seedless raspberry preserves in a bowl.

Next I added 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

as well as the melted chocolate.

Mix.

Add 1 1/2 cup of flour

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 tsp of salt, 1/2 tsp of baking soda and 1/4 tsp of baking powder..

Mix!

Then, instead of adding frozen raspberries, I added some fresh ones that took an unfortunate beating on the way home from the farmer's market.

Looks good already!

I wrapped my baking dish in aluminum foil and sprayed it with some non-stick spray.

Then it was time to turn out the brownie mix.

I had to use my hands.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 16-18 minutes.

I wish you could smell how this made my house smell!  And the taste?

Well, this is probably one of the tastiest things I've made.  Brownies aren't too bad to make vegan apparently, and when they taste this good, who cares if they're vegan or not!

Enjoy!

Key Lime Tartlets

A couple of weeks ago I wanted to make key lime pie, but miniaturized.  I looked online for several Key Lime Tartlets, and found a recipe I liked so I tweaked it.  The original is from Paula Deen and can be found here.

Combine one 8 oz pack of room temperature cream cheese

with 1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp key lime zest

and 2 Tbsp key lime juice.

Now we bake, and for the crust I decided that instead of key lime coolers, I would use chocolate sandwich cookies.

 Place one cookie in every cup cake liner and put 1/4 cup of the key lime mix on top.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes (until it no longer has jiggle).

Once they're cool, top with whipped cream and serve!

I hope you all enjoy this recipe, these were ludicrously good, and definitely worth the effort.

Enjoy!