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30+ Comforting Vegan & Vegetarian Dessert Recipes

Here is everything you need to know to make simple sweet recipes at home.

From festive holiday desserts to easy sweet recipes that shine, these are the best home baked dessert ideas to share with family and friends. 

For those looking for easy and sweet breakfast recipes, you’ll love Vegan Banana Apricot Muffins that are egg-free and dairy-free.

Or, opt for nutty Walnut Cranberry Scones for a favorite homemade sweet treat.

Of course, you can’t go wrong with a stunning homemade Poppy Seed Bundt Cake that’s tasty for brunch, afternoon tea, or dessert!

 

Vegan Raw Buckwheat Groats Porridge

Change up your breakfast routine with this creamy vegan porridge using soaked buckwheat groats, almonds, tahini, strawberries, and cinnamon. It’s also gluten free, nutrient-packed, and protein-high. And you can easily make it in a few seconds in a food processor, or high-speed blender. What are raw buckwheat groats and are they related to wheat? Buckwheat […]

Banana Cranberry Nut Bread with Lemon Glaze

Dense, delicious and moist, this Banana Cranberry Nut Bread drizzled with homemade lemon glaze is a delightful homemade tea cake or dessert. This banana bread is a total fruitcake in disguise. Yes, there is a smashed, overripe banana in it, but I also packed it with dried cranberries, and chopped pecans. And the lemon glaze […]

Apple Walnut Cake

This easy Apple Walnut Cake is a simplified version of classic apple pie. No crust necessary, just Granny Smith apples, chopped walnuts, and plenty of cinnamon. I learned this easy apple pie cake recipe a few years back, in a cooking school in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  I was in town for the opera festival […]

Authentic Czech Kolache (Koláče) With Fruit Filling

Koláč (pronounced “co-latch”), a common and popular Czech pastry item, is made from a yeasted brioche dough, filled with a variety of fresh seasonal fruit and topped with crumbly streusel. Kolache, kolatche, kolachky or koláče in Czech (plural, pronounced “co-la-tchay”) typically come in circular shapes (yes, they do look like pizza!). From the silver dollar-size […]

Walnut Cranberry Scones

These homemade Walnut Cranberry Scones are buttery, dense, and packed with walnuts and dried cranberries. You’ll love these scones for breakfast or with coffee in the afternoon. In the past I made them for office meetings, my friend’s baby shower, and a beach picnic in Malibu. I took two on an L.A. – N.Y. flight […]