October 21, 2024
Yes, my birthday requires several rounds of cake! First, some cupcakes from the DMV’s Bakeshop from my guy. We got the pumpkin, red velvet, funfetti and chocolate-chocolate. We enjoyed the cakes more than the frosting. There was this pleasing Devil Dog flavor in the the chocolate-based cupcakes and great pumpkin Read more…
October 4, 2024
Takoma Park, which is just a short walk away from where I live in Washington DC, has got some great food. This time I walked to Roscoe’s Neapolitan Pizzeria to order from their all-vegan menu. It’s pretty extensive and offers many vegetal dishes and not just meat substitutes. First, an Read more…
July 3, 2024
I’ll say it over and over… I really miss baking. So along with the tofu dinner, I wanted dearly to make a patriotic-hued treat for the 4th. So I brought the berries I had just bought in DC home to Rochester for this undertaking. The very last thing of Apple Read more…
March 1, 2024
My guy’s son’s birthday is here, so I’d need to make his classroom cupcakes before heading to celebrate yet another awesome Pisces, my Mom! When I asked him what kind of cupcakes he wanted, he was torn between vanilla and chocolate… so it was marble cupcakes for the win. A Read more…
January 3, 2024
Being a lover of vintage dessert cookbooks, the Baked Alaska always appealed to me. The beautiful pastel layers, the encasement of torched meringue… the cohabitation of ice cream, cake and marshmallowy meringue. So with the new year, I’d start with checking it off my to-make Bucket List. It was partly Read more…
November 22, 2023
Life Day is a holiday in the Star Wars galaxy. Detailed in the absolutely cringe-inducing Star Wars Holiday Special, a made-for-tv special made in 1978, the holiday is traditionally celebrated on November 17. Since we would not be celebrating Thanksgiving with the kids, we decided to utilize the cookbook we Read more…
November 5, 2023
So when she sketched a picture of the cake she wanted for her birthday, I got to work. It would need brightly colored layers; it would need to be a unicorn. And it would need to be done without having to hit the grocery store. A big 1.5 batch of Read more…
November 2, 2023
It was time to bake a batch of cupcakes for a special girl’s 7th birthday. And because class sizes are so large, they had to be little itty bitties. So the perfection of VCTOTW‘s basic chocolate cupcake would do the trick. All done Just a small piping of vanilla buttercream Read more…
September 19, 2023
No longer having the ability to bake fresh cakes for my loved ones, I needed a very high quality replacement to celebrate my parents’ anniversary… and I found one. Peach & Pine‘s baker creates absolutely gorgeous cakes. I was so excited what she could do for this very special anniversary. Read more…
August 25, 2023
Being vegan for about 26 years now, I have a White Whale… something I have always been searching for being done right vegan. But no place anywhere in the world is making the 🍌banana split🍌 I want… really creamy delicious ice cream in chocolate, vanilla and strawberry… home-made thick and Read more…
August 5, 2023
Eating vegan in Rochester is just too easy. With established favorite cuisines (like Ethiopian, above, Addis Ababa‘s vegan platter with plenty of injera) and great and plentiful date spots, we are making up for beginning our time long distance. Here is one such date night at La Casa Restaurant. Two Read more…
July 20, 2023
I had this cheeky idea for a layer cake after finding two vintage heart-shaped pans at the thrift store. And it would be a perfect addition to an upcoming dinner party… but more on that later. First, some pretty booty cake. My vintage tins. These did a great job keeping Read more…
July 19, 2023
Because Connecticut won’t be so close to me soon, I headed to get my favorite vegan soft serve ice cream at Divine Treasures. Let’s talk a bit about this place Divine Treasures first. This blog has been going on for almost two decades. And I have devoted many years to Read more…
July 18, 2023
My Dad turns 80 this year! So I was called upon to help make the celebration special… and delicious. The plan… These silicon molds were scary at first but with some Earth Balance and some flour, the cakes released very easily! I made Rainbow Nourishment‘s strawberry cake recipe I made Read more…
July 10, 2023
There are a couple of Bruster’s Ice Cream‘s around Rochester, New York. Though not as imaginative as their very long list of dairy ice cream options, they’ve got a few options that are definitely worth a trip. At this visit I tried their oat milk-based vanilla and chocolate hard ice Read more…
July 4, 2023
Let the red, white and blue festivities start! To begin, a blue spirulina smoothie bowl from SoBol, sans honey. Delicious and easy breakfast option… and they don’t use any frozen fruit. That’s pretty cool! Next up, the creation of some parfaits with vanilla cake, coconut cream and berries. All my Read more…
July 1, 2023
Just as I was describing how I longed to partake in the summer line-up outside an old fashioned ice cream spot, we past by Lugia’s Ice Cream in Spencerport, New York. I gave it a quick google search and saw that they astonishingly had vegan options! After checking on the Read more…
May 29, 2023
A stop at the veterans’ field at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, New York. The Boy Scouts and other caring citizens put up the flags. And a trip the Rochester’s Public Market… to get the berries for a flag cake.
May 7, 2023
After a wrong turn, we headed to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. So of course I had to cross off a couple of eats from my list… First, Happy Zoe Vegan Bakery. This place and its treats have that 90’s feel, the kind that reminds me of the old days. I got a Read more…
May 4, 2023
One of my favorite baking themes merges with my love of costumes on Star Wars Day! This May the Fourth had some themed treats, starting with Han in the carbonite chocolates. A few air bubbles, but this is the first time I have used this mold. Next time I will Read more…
April 30, 2023
And with that, it is now May. As this year continues to blaze at unprecedented speed, an addition to the everyday archive, April style. Making cookies as usual My hair is pretty big and long these days. Somewhere around this length I always wind up chopping off. What should I Read more…
March 1, 2023
Baking in another kitchen is hard for me. But a very special little guy requested cupcakes for his class… and so it had to happen. For future reference as they were so loved, I used this very easy recipe, made a chocolate ganache using the last of the Reddi-Whip coconut Read more…
February 24, 2023
Las Vegas’s Graze Kitchen offers a menu full of vegan deliciousness to this weary traveler about to hop on a red eye flight. With superb attention to detail, it was a definite food highlight of my trip! My Meatless Meatloaf: Meatloaf was a tender mix of tempeh, seitan, quinoa and Read more…
February 3, 2023
I had this amazing recipe bookmarked for some time. With Aquarius season in full effect, I knew someone I love would get this beauty. I am reprinting the recipe here for ease of duplicating. Buttermilk1 cup unsweetened soy milk 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice Combined and let sit for Read more…
January 5, 2023
Next up for turnover is the slew of sprinkles left over from my classroom’s holiday celebration. Of course I’d have to pass them on to my students, a job well done for week one of 2023. They’re so darn pretty I took a million pictures. And I am going to Read more…
October 30, 2022
When I bring the cake, I try to go hard for its recipient… including myself! Wanting a lighter textured cake, this is my first attempt at a sponge cake. I will be trying again because I had some issues: mainly not having the seltzer at room temperature when I added Read more…