Festive Sugar Cookies!

I love sugar cookies and think fondly of getting them with a cup of hot chocolate around the holidays. This is my first attempt at making them and let's just say it was an experience..LOL!

At one point during my evening of baking and icing these little cookies (96 in total!) I was sat on the floor, covered in flour in my "Kiss me I'm Vegan"apron, with colored icing on my hands wondering why I started this in the first place! LOL!

The good news is when I finished them I ADORED them! We had plenty to send to my work, as well as my hubby's, and they also thought the little cookies were delicious!

When I got home this evening I even made a few more with toasted coconut!

If you want a good recipe for sugar cookies, try the one in "Vegan Cookies Take Over Your cookie Jar".

Bring on the Hot Chocolate!!!

Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Coffee Frosting

So this weekend I was thinking about these cupcakes I use to get when I was not vegan. They had vanilla coffee frosting and were so amazingly yummy so I thought I would try my hand at making them in a "vegan friendly"way!

I my base cupcake was from "Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World" and then I did some personalizing. The frosting was simple but as I don't own a hand mixer my arms are a bit sore from all the whisking...LOL!

The end result was a moist, flavorful, delicious cupcake! I think I may like this one more than the one I remember from so long ago!

So next time you are craving one of those non vegan goodies, try your hand at making it! You may just surprise yourself!

Toasted Coconut & Chocolate Cookies

So last evening my husband wanted to watch the movie "Predators" so I thought this was the best time to try a new cookie.

Hubby loves coconut so I tried this cookie from '"Vegan cookies invade your cookie jar". The came out great! Not only did my hubby love them but so did both our workplaces! For a simple recipe it came out very lovely and full flavored!

I really recommend this baking book to anyone who loves to make cookies and want some easier recipes that still look great!

Deluxe Chocolate Brownies

So my husband has a soft spot for brownies, and not just any brownie but a fudgy, rich, moist brownie! In the book "The Joy of Vegan Baking" there is an excellent receipe for this.

These brownies are simple to make and taste amazing! They have applesauce in them to lower the sugar content and it makes them all the more moist. I also add a half a cup of chocolate chips to them for bursts of warm chocolate yumminess!

Needless to say these brownies are now all gone and my husband is quite full. I love them too, much to the detriment of my workout routine, but what's the point of working out without being able to have a few goodies now and then?

Have a great weekend and enjoy a brownie!

Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Drops

This weekend I wanted to try a new receipe so I thought I would try one from "Vegan Cookies Take Over The World". They are the Shortbread Fudgies and they are a piped cookie.

I had never tried piping before and let's just say I am not expert! It was actually a fun receipe and I enjoyed piping the cookies and then adding the chocolate drops in the middle.

My husband LOVED them, and I adored them as well. I added some almond extract and it just added a bit more of a pop in the flavor.

So try something new and try a piped cookie! I know I will be making these again soon!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups!

I love chocolate and peanut butter together so much, it's just one of those things that I could eat until the end of time.

"The Kind Diet" cookbook has a great recipe for this and I simply made a few modifications. I changed the graham crackers to oreo cookie crumbs because I love the extra chocolatey flavor.

I brought these goodies into work and they went quick! I got "THESE are vegan?!?!" a lot which always makes me smile. I love showing people vegan goodies can be amazing, not just ok.

I will be keeping these in my aresenal of sweet treats to feed the doubters! Ha!

I'm Back!

So I got lost out in real life for the last while and am so glad to get back into baking and blogging! I am doing some baking this weekend so expect a few more posts !


I thought I would share a shot of my birthday cake. It is a 2 layered- double chocolate cake with raspbery mousse. It has toasted pumpkin seeds on the outside and a choclate glaze to die for!


I didn't make this cake, it was made for me on my birthday but it was THEE most amazing cake.


Look for new baking soon!