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
Here is my latest "cooking gadget"-- An American Sun Oven -- solar oven. It is some swanky item and it has been on my mind for a long time. So I ordered it. And then my husband and I were ill with a virus for about a month during which there were many beautiful sunny days, but we didn't have the energy. Hahah... energy. The one thing that the solar oven brings to mind is energy-- from the sun! Solar energy. Yesterday I opened the box and took it and all its accouterments out and laid them on the kitchen table. I re-read the manual and watched the video online. We took it into the backyard and learned how to adjust the leg so that I could follow the sun at the right angle. I learned how to "focus" the incoming sun as well as position the oven properly. I learned how to shut the various 'clasps' so that the heat would not further escape. I made up a delicious baked bean dish so we could use the beans this weekend for burritos or perhaps