Desserts and Sweets

Roasted Plums filled with Orange Coconut

Roasted Plums filled with Orange Coconut

This coconut filling tastes wonderful on the roasted plums. Altogether it makes a very tasty treat.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

1/4 cup sugar
1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
1 orange zest and juice
1 egg replacement equivalent
4 ripe plums halved and stone removed

Directions:

Mix the coconut, sugar and cardamom in a bowl.
Zest the orange and then juice it.
Mix the [...]


Tangerine Mini Tart

Tangerine Mini Tart

These light pastries were very nice. They’re easy to make and make a lovely treat on a cold winter’s day.

Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:

4 tangerines
3 sheets frozen vegan puff pastry, thawed
cinnamon
allspice
1 tsp. cornstarch
2 Tbs. ground almonds (optional)

Directions:

Squeeze 2 of the tangerines for the juice.
Place in a small saucepan to heat.
Add the cinnamon and allspice.
Blend in the corn [...]


Hazelnut Lace Cookies

Hazelnut Lace Cookies

These lovely light cookies are very tasty and simple to make.

Yield: 3 doz.
Ingredients:

1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup vegan margarine
1/3 cup light corn syrup or agave
1 cup ground hazelnuts
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons hazelnut liqueur or brandy

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F / 177 C.
Line cookie sheets with greased foil, shiny side up.
In a small saucepan, [...]


Vegan Sugar Cookies

Vegan Sugar Cookies

These Christmas trees were fun and easy to make.

Yield: about 3 doz.
Ingredients:

3/4 cup vegan margarine, room temperature
2 & 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 egg replacements
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

For the frosting:

3 tablespoons vegan margarine, room temperature
pinch salt
1 & 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
lemon juice, or soy milk or water

Directions:
To make [...]


Almond Marzipan Balls

Almond Marzipan Balls

These are our new favorite holiday cookie. They are delicious and easy to make.

Yield: 36- 40 balls
Ingredients:

1 cup ground almonds
1 cup powdered sugar
4 tablespoons ginger syrup
colored decorates

Directions:

Make sure you are using blanched almonds so that the ground almond ?meal? is white.
In a large bowl, mix the ground almonds and the powdered sugar.
Add 4 tablespoons of [...]


Raspberry Rhubarb Pie

Raspberry Rhubarb Pie

In celebration of the 3rd birthday of Vegalicious we are having pie again. This was a great year for all of the fruit in our garden. We froze a lot of our raspberries, and rhubarb and are looking forward to enjoying many tasty recipes through the winter.

Yield: 1 pie
Ingredients:

1 double pie crust
1& 3/4 cups sugar
1/3 [...]


Vegan apple cheesecake with caramel sauce

Vegan apple cheesecake with caramel sauce

This elegant desert is much healthier than it looks or tastes, thankfully so. The fall flavors of apple and cinnamon enhance this lovely cheesecake while the caramel sauce lends its warm sweet flavor. A very tasty dish, especially in the fall.

Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:

2 pieces frozen vegan puff pastry, thawed

For the cheesecake filling:

2 apple cut in [...]


Vegan Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Cookie Crust and Bourbon Sauce

Vegan Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Cookie Crust and Bourbon Sauce

This is a pumpkin pie for the big girls and boys. The spicy cookie crust and the bourbon sauce make a nice alternative to the traditional pumpkin pie.

Yield: 1 pie
Ingredients:
For the crust:

2 cups gingersnap cookie crumbs (alternatively Speculaas)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
6 tablespoons vegan margarine, melted

For the Pie:

2 cups pumpkin puree
1 cup soy cream [...]


Maple Almond Fig Galette with Vegan Maple Mascarpone

Maple Almond Fig Galette with Vegan Maple Mascarpone

The flavors of fall. Maple syrups enhances the lovely tastes of figs and almonds with these simple galettes.

Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:

3 sheets ready made frozen vegan puff pastry, thawed
3 tablespoons maple syrup
4 tablespoons almond meal (ground almonds)
3-4 figs, sliced
1/4 cup soy yogurt
2 tablespoons cashew nut butter
2 teaspoons maple syrup

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 200 C / [...]


Chocolate Beet Cake with Raspberry Frosting

Chocolate Beet Cake with Raspberry Frosting

This is such a surprising cake. It is so moist and tasty, one would never know it had beets inside. It’s almost as dense as a brownie.
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Serving Size: 8
Ingredients:

2 cups beet puree
1 cup vegan margarine
1&1/2 ounce pure dark chocolate
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
1&1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 egg replacements
2 cups Ap flour
2 [...]


Raspberry Parfait

Raspberry Parfait

This is a light and refreshing treat on a hot summer’s eve.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

2-3 pints raspberries total
1 container (about 1&1/2 cups) plain soy yogurt
1-2 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
2-3 tablespoons powdered sugar
for the sauce:
2 pints raspberries
splash lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
2-3 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons cornstarch (if you want a thicker sauce)
few lemon verbena leaves as garnish

Directions:
Carefully pick over [...]


Blueberry Crepes

Blueberry Crepes

With blueberries at the peak now, we enjoyed these lovely crepes filled and topped with fresh blueberry sauce.

Yield: 8 crepes
Ingredients:

for the sauce:

3 cups blueberries
1/3 cup sugar
cinnamon
lemon juice
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup water
orange and mint as optional garnish

for the crepes:

see Sweet Chickpea Crepes recipe on Delicious TV

Directions:
To make the sauce:

Set aside 1 cup of the prettiest blueberries [...]


Blackberry-Lime Teasecake

Blackberry-Lime Teasecake

Wow, this is the best! You’d never guess the ingredients! It neither used dairy nor soy products. We really enjoyed this amazing teasecake from the The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook.

Yield: 1 9″ teasecake
Ingredients:
for the crust:

1/2 c. ground almonds
1/2 c. either rolled oats or granola and or bran
1 c. whole flour
1&1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
4 oz.vegan [...]


Apricot Almond Galette

Apricot Almond Galette

Apricot season has just begun, so we joyfully celebrated it with this tasty apricot galette. It’s surprisingly easy to make, and if you patiently take time to arrange your apricot slices nicely, it turns out quite pretty.

Yield: one 8″ galette
Ingredients:

4 sheets vegan puff pastry, thawed
6-7 fresh apricots, pitted and sliced
2 tablespoons apricot jam
1/4 cup almond [...]


Pockets Full of Nuts

Pockets Full of Nuts

These are so light and tasty, and easy to make. We do hope you give them a try.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

4 sheets of puff pastry, thawed
2 tablespoons almonds, chopped ad ground
2 tablespoons pecans, chopped and ground
2 tablespoons walnuts, chopped and ground
2 tablespoons vegan margarine, melted
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
pinch sugar

Directions:

Thaw the puff pastry.
Preheat the oven [...]


Belgian Waffles with Cherry Sauce and Vegan Cream Cheese

Belgian Waffles with Cherry Sauce and Vegan Cream Cheese

These lovely waffles made a special treat a tea time last Sunday. As the cherry season has not quite begun, we used cherry pie cherries in syrup. But soon, we’re looking forward to enjoying these with fresh cherries.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

1 container of plain soy yogurt
1 tablespoon of raw cashew butter
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla [...]


Pineapple Rhubarb Pie with Streusel Topping

Pineapple Rhubarb Pie with Streusel Topping

We found this to be one of the tastiest pies we’ve made yet. The combination of sour rhubarb and sweet pineapple is delicious and with a hint of cinnamon it was heavenly.

Yield: 8
Ingredients:
for the flaky pie crust:

1&1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1&1/2 tsp. baking powder
3-4 Tbs. ice water
1&1/2 Tbs. sugar
[...]


Ultra Strawberry Pie

Ultra Strawberry Pie

This is a very special strawberry pie. It is packed with strawberry flavor, yet with a lovely creamy filling as well.

Serving Size: 8
Ingredients:
for the strawberry topping:

1 & 1/2 – 2 quarts fresh strawberries
3/4 cup sugar
3-4 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup water

for the pie crust:

1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 & 1/2 teaspoon [...]


Vegan Strawberry Shortcake

Vegan Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry shortcake is a famous American tradition. We are glad that it’s so easy to have a vegan version.

Serving Size: 8
Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbs. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
4 Tbs. cold vegan margarine, cut into small pieces
2 Tbs. sugar
3/4 cup cold soy milk or soy cream
1 pint strawberries
1 Tbs. sugar
Soyato or other vegan whipping [...]


Rhubarb Banana Windmills

Rhubarb Banana Windmills

A friend served us this tasty Belgian recipe. We would have never thought of the combination of bananas with rhubarb but they are a great together.

Yield: 12
Ingredients:

2 cups fresh rhubarb, cut in pieces
3 medium bananas
2 Tbs. sugar
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1/4-1/2 cup water
12 vegan puff pastry sheets, thawed

Directions:
To make the filling:

Place the cut rhubarb [...]


Vegan Hawaiian Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Streusel Topping

Vegan Hawaiian Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Streusel Topping

Sweet and sour is one of our favorite combinations, which make s this pie a favorite. With rhubarb season just beginning, Vegalicious offers a new way to enjoy this special vegetable used as a fruit.

Serving Size: 6
Ingredients:
for the pie crust

3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbs. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 cup coconut oil
1 Tbs. vegan margarine
1 [...]


Plum Rhubarb Raisin Crisp

Plum Rhubarb Raisin Crisp

The sweetness of plums combined with the tartness of rhubarb makes for a lovely dessert. This recipes for crisp, was served in puff pastry cups and topped with just a bit of soy whipping cream. They were delicious.

Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:

2 puff pastry sheets, thawed
2 cups rhubarb, cut in bite sized pieces
2 ripe plums sliced
1 tablespoon [...]


Lemon Raspberry Cake

Lemon Raspberry Cake

So pretty in pink, this lemon, raspberry cake is very easy to make. Last year we had a very good year for raspberries, we froze many which gave us the chance to enjoy this lovely cake now.

Ingredients:
for the cake:

1 cup plain soy yogurt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp. vanilla
2 limes [...]


Pineapple Upside-down Gingerbread Cake

Pineapple Upside-down Gingerbread Cake

We were so inspired by the February 2009 Vegetarian Times issue. Although this gingerbread recipe is an one that we have used for years, it received the new look as a pineapple upside down version.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
for the cake:

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 & [...]