I am having a small party this weekend and one of my guests and her daughter are vegan. Can anyone recommend a good vegan recipe? Is there one in the recipe section that is particularly good? I have no preference on flavor. Thanks in advance!

I'm vegetarian, not vegan, but these are vegan and as about as tasty as a vegan recipe can be! They are British recipes, so I don't know the US cup equivalents for measurements, I hope you can find that info out somewhere!:

Walnut Cake

Ingredients.

300g wholemeal flour

1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

100g sugar

1 packet of walnut pieces (I used 200g. but make it as nutty as you like!)

about a cup of soya milk (or enough to mix to a good consistency - the wetter you make it, the moister the cake in theory)

about half a cup of sunflower oil

the juice of 1 lemon

Mix up all dry ingredients, add the wet ones except lemon juice and mix well. At last minute add lemon and pour into greased cake tin. Bake at about (recipe is getting a bit vague don't you think?) 190C/380F for at least half an hour, or until a skewer comes out clean.

Vanilla Sponge with chocolate chips and pecans

I used a 8" square tin for this cake but any shape you like would be fine.

Ingredients.

300g/12oz/2 cups of self raising flour

1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

100g/4oz/half a cup of sugar

1 cup/8 fl.oz/200ml of sunflower oil

1 cup of soya milk (or possibly a little more to get a good mixture)

2 teaspoons of natural vanilla extract

50g./2 oz./quarter cup chocolate chips (or more if you like!)

50g/2 oz/half a cup of pecan halves

Oil your cake tin and preheat oven to 180C/360F. Mix together your dry ingredients of flour, sugar and bicarbonate. Make a well in the middle and pour in the oil, soya milk and vanilla - mix well. Pour into cake tin and then sprinkle on the chocolate chips and arrange the pecans on top. Bake for about half an hour or until cooked in middle (insert a knife or skewer into the centre of cake and if cooked it will come out clean)

Fantastic (very rich) Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

1 and a half cups unbleached white flour

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup sugar

half a cup of mixed, chopped nuts (optional)

1/2 cup vegetable oil

half a cup cold water or soy milk

half a cup of orange juice

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 tablespoons vinegar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift dry ingredients into 8" square or 9" round baking pan. Mix liquids (except vinegar) and whisk into dry. When batter is smooth, add vinegar and stir quickly, until it is evenly distributed. Put it in the oven, don't let it stand around (that has something to do with the vinegar) Bake for 25-30 minutes...or longer until done. This cake is great served with Provamel's soya dream (cream like).


You can do a vegan 'butter'cream icing just by beating vegan (soy usually) margarine with powdered sugar. Don't add meringue powder though!!!

Hope that helps,
Trudi

Thank you so much! I can't wait to try them! Thanks for reminding me about the meringue powder.

I tried this recipe last weekend for my daughters birthday. One of the girls invited has egg allergies. I also made some cupcakes with it so that they can decorate it. I used cake flour and added more cocoa by replacing 1/4 c of flour. It was very moist, however, I would still add more cocoa to intensify the choco flavour.


http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2122-Vegan-Chocolate-Cake.html

I also want to add that it was soo easy to make. But just make sure not to overmix and also add the vinegar last. HTH