Vegan Madeleines

Ingredients

• ½ cup Earth Balance Whipped Organic Buttery Spread (plus extra for pan)
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• zest of 1 lemon
• 1 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 Tablespoon EnerG Egg Replacer powder
• ¼ cup water
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Powdered sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Using extra Earth Balance, generously grease a madeleine baking pan (with 12 spaces). Coat lightly with flour.

In a small saucepan, set Earth Balance over a gentle flame to melt. Once melted remove from heat and set aside.

In a small bowl, combine sugar and lemon zest, and rub with your fingers until thoroughly moistened. Set aside.

In a separate small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine Egg Replacer powder, water, lemon juice and vanilla, and whisk until foamy. Slowly whisk in sugar / lemon zest mixture. Add flour mixture and whisk. Add melted Earth Balance, and stir to make a smooth batter.

Divide dough between the 12 madeleines. Each one will have just over a tablespoonful of dough in the center of the depression.

Bake for 12 - 15 minutes, until golden brown. Use a silicon or offset spatula to loosen madeleines, and turn out onto wire rack covered with parchment paper.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Enjoy!!

- Acooba

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Vegan Twinkies

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups unbleached, all-purpose flour

• 1 cup granulated sugar

• 1 Tablespoon EnerG Egg Replacer Powder

• 1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ¼ teaspoon baking soda

• pinch of ground nutmeg

• ½ cup cold pressed vegetable oil

• ½ cup unsweetened almond milk

• ¼ cup water

• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

• ½ teaspoon almond extract

Requires a special pan:

• Bed Bath & Beyond
• Amazon

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Stir dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center and add oil, almond milk, water and extracts. Stir or blend until smooth. Spray pan with non-stick cooking spray. Fill each cavity about ⅔ full of batter. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of one of the cakes comes out clean. Use a thin, flexible spatula to loosen the cakes and turn them out onto a wire rack (flat side down) to cool completely. Fill and frost as desired.

Twinkie Filling

Ingredients

• 4 Tablespoons Earth Balance Whipped Organic Buttery Spread

• 2 cups powdered sugar

• pinch of salt

• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

• a few drops almond extract

• about 2 Tablespoons soy creamer or unsweetened almond milk

Directions

Combine Earth Balance, powdered sugar, salt and extracts in a mixing bowl. Use an electric mixer if available, for optimal fluffiness. Blend in enough creamer or almond milk to achieve desired texture.

Assembly

Put frosting into a piping bag equipped with a long, straight tip (just about any tip will do, but nothing fancy is required). Use the tip to poke and (gently) fill three holes from the underside, being careful not to pierce the cake all the way through or overfill to bursting. Alternately, use a chopstick to make a hole from one end almost to the other (eclair style). Gently insert tip and carefully fill. Enjoy!!

Makes 12 - 15

- Acooba

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Vegan Chocolate Applesauce Cake

Ingredients

• 1 ¾ cups Unbleached Flour
• 1 tablespoon EnerG Egg Replacer
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
• ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• ⅔ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup water
• 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Grease and flour bundt pan (or spray with non-stick cooking spray).

Combine flour, egg replacer, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and sugars in a medium bowl. Make a well in the center, and add applesauce, oil, water and vanilla extract. Blend together until smooth, about 2 minutes by hand. Pour into prepared cake pan and bake for 30 - 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Invert pan on a wire rack to remove cake. Cool completely and frost as desired.

Vanilla Icing

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• ½ tsp vanilla extract

• almond milk or soy creamer (1 to 2 tablespoons)

Place powdered sugar into a small mixing bowl. Add vanilla and whisk in just enough almond milk or soy creamer to make a thick, pourable icing. Pour over cake.

Chocolate Ganache

• 1 cup vegan chocolate chips

• 1 Tablespoon coconut oil

In microwave or over a double boiler, melt chocolate chips and coconut oil together. Pour over cake.

- Acooba

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Vegan Applesauce Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups Unbleached Flour
• 1 tablespoon EnerG Egg Replacer
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon powdered ginger
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• ⅔ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup water

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Grease mini cake or cupcake pan.

Combine flour, egg replacer, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in a medium bowl and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, applesauce, vegetable oil and water. Blend together until smooth, about 2 minutes. Stir in dry ingredients just until blended. Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool completely and frost as desired.

Makes about 8 mini cakes or 12 cupcakes.

Vanilla Icing

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• ½ tsp vanilla extract

• almond milk or soy creamer (1 to 2 tablespoons)

Place powdered sugar into a small mixing bowl. Add vanilla and whisk in just enough almond milk or soy creamer to make a thick, pourable icing. Pour over cakes.

Chocolate Ganache

• 1 cup vegan chocolate chips

• 1 Tablespoon coconut oil

In microwave or over a double boiler, melt chocolate chips and coconut oil together. Pour over cake.

- Acooba

Related Recipes: Vegan Chocolate Applesauce Cake, Vegan Twinkies.

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