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
I am always on the look-out for great videos** that can illustrate a concept or recipe that I am including on my blog. "Making Basic Whole Wheat Bread" is a current interest of mine. I have the books. I have bookmarked the links. I went out and bought a Kitchen Aid stand mixer after having drooled and dreamed about one for a very long time. I thought that I would start turning out perfect bread loaves (something I have never in my life done) but it was not to be. This looks like a high maintenance bread recipe, eh? Stand mixer and dehydrator for raising the dough? I can see my grandmother chuckle. She was always able to make more loaves from scratch than I could from with whatever "no fail" recipe I had at hand. But somehow I know there are others out there who have the fancy equipment and are dreamers like I am. This bread is for you! Please watch the video (above) to get all the fine points you will find transcribed below in the recipe. A v