Honeycomb AKA Cinder Toffee – despite the name – is usually gluten free and vegan. It is also easy to make. And more importantly, light, golden, delicate, crunchy and delicious. If you really are in a decadent mood you can coat the honeycomb pieces in chocolate. You can serve Honeycomb as part of a gluten-free, […]
Desserts and Puddings
Sweet Potato Doughnuts
Crispy, light and delicious Sweet Potato Doughnuts are heavenly!!! Gluten-free and vegan and just wonderful. I have to confess I never used to like doughnuts. The texture and the taste were just awful to me but these crispy beauties are magical. A special treat!!! I adore Sweet Potato Doughnuts as a special treat. To balance […]
Lemongrass and Ginger Rice Pudding
Lemongrass and Ginger Rice Pudding is amazing AND gluten-free and vegan. Lemongrass and Ginger Rice Pudding is rich, sweet, delicately flavoured and warming and comforting. Rice pudding reminds me of school dinners but this is a long way from school dinners. This Lemongrass and Ginger Rice Pudding is wonderful – is not boring, it is […]
Gluten Free Vegan Sweet Squash (Pumpkin) Tart
This Gluten Free Vegan Sweet Squash (Pumpkin) Tart is great for anytime of year when pumpkin or squash are in season. Perfect for autumnal weekend treat and fabulous at Halloween (great for using up all that left over pumpkin from scary carvings!). The tarts are super tasty and very colourful! The light, crumbly texture of […]
Summer Lemon Sorbet
Summer Lemon Sorbet is the perfect gluten-free, vegan pick-me-up when it is unbearably hot, you are tired and just need a quiet sit down. It is also perfect when you need a light dessert for dinner. I first made lemon sorbet when I was about 14 years old. We had a huge old chest freezer […]
Pears Poached in Spiced Red Wine
Pears Poached in Spiced Red Wine are a great way to make use of the gut of pears that often hits in the summer. This is quite an adult gluten-free vegan dessert and a great treat when you have guests around for dinner. The once firm pears become yielding to the spoon and are a […]
Gluten Free Vegan Shortbread
I love shortbread! Gluten Free Vegan Shortbread is so quick and simple to make. And it tastes fantastic too. Sweet, crumbly and melt in the mouth. It reminds me of being a kid and thinking it’s just a biscuit, it’s not chocolate, I don’t think I’ll like it. But I did, I loved it. And […]
Vegan Meringue
Vegan Meringue is one of those things I would not have thought possible a few years ago. Well now, gluten-free Vegan Meringue is a very real possibility. And very wonderful. I’ll show you how. Meringue is one of the things I missed as a vegan. Not enough to worry about it but I did quite […]