Passover, like all of my family’s gatherings, was food-centric, and dessert was no exception. After dinner, we always had two kinds of Passover macaroons on the table: a bakery version and a canned version. The ones from the bakery were certainly better than the canned, but I admit to favoring the latter as a child. […]
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Fran Costigan’s Heart-Shaped Vegan Chocolate Cake to Live For
Try this easy technique for a Heart-Shaped Vegan Chocolate Cake just right for Valentine’s Day. No specialty cake pan is needed! All it takes is one 9-inch round layer, baked, cooled, chilled and few cuts with a knife. Here is the Step by Step: Bake a Chocolate Torte to Live For. (Recipe follows) Cool, wrap and […]
Chocolate Pecan Pie from Vegan Chocolate by Fran Costigan
Pecans, which are native to North America, are one of the healthiest nuts. But the typical filling of the classic American pecan pie is super-sweet and made with a trifecta of ingredients we are increasingly determined to avoid: eggs, sugar, and corn syrup. Pour them into a pie crust made with saturated fats and we […]
Vegan Watermelon Granita with Chocolate Seeds
On a hot and humid New York City summer day, nothing beats a couple of slices of ice-cold watermelon to cool me off (as much as possible, anyway). Nothing, that is, until I made this rosy pink, icy cold, lime-scented watermelon granita for my frozen dessert class at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and […]
Recipe: Chocolate, Orange, and Almond Olive Oil Cake
If you have ground almonds in your freezer, it takes almost no time to prep. But don’t rush the baking and final steps: it is important to bake the cake until it is dark golden-brown for the best texture, and to sprinkle a layer of chopped almonds on the serving plate so that the bottom […]