This is a recipe for an easy-to-make vegan almond plum cake. I started out wanting to make an eggless almond yeast cake with Italian plums planted in it like the cake I remembered from my days as a daughter-in-law to a German-born Hausfrau (German-born AND a Lutheran Pastor's daughter). But my husband said he didn't particularly like the yeast cake. So, I found several recipes for vegan almond cake and this one most perfectly suited my available ingredients. I baked the cake in an 8'' x 8'' pan with parchment paper on it, in a counter oven. You could easily double the recipe and make it in a long pan in a regular oven. Preheat the oven to bake (350 F. for a large oven or 375 for a countertop oven) 1. Mix together in a measuring cup: 1/2 cup of soy, almond or other milk Juice of 1/2 lime, or lemon, or a teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar (Leave it to curdle for about 15 minutes and then add in 1/2 cup of maple syrup 1 teaspoon of Almond extract and stir to co
The following pictures are of aspects of our front, side and backyard that I have been working in/on. Today was a splendid point-and-shoot picture-taking day. Ancient Apple Tree with Comfrey and Digitalis at its base attempting to nurse it back to wellness. This almost looks like it could be some cutesy flower box on Pinterest, doesn't it? It's really our deck step with weeds poking through-- shame, shame! Lupins in the sideyard where no one gets to see them-- therefore, do they exist? (next 2 pics also) Our expanded "Kidney garden" in the front... the multi-colored orange bark mulch was recentlly laid down and will, I hope, have more interesting features as time goes on. Daylilies, catnip, irises, fragrant Asian lilies, lavender, and other stuff grows here. In the mulched area is a fig tree (bearing this year we hope) and an infant Azalea I bought last year at Canadian Tire. It had a nice show of magenta blossoms in the earlier S