Health Nuts with a Sweet Tooth

Some months ago I was asked by a mommy-to-be to do a baby shower cake. The twist, she was a vegan. I had never made a vegan cake, let alone even thought it would taste good. The internet is my friend, so I googled and yahoo search trying to find a recipe that works. The frist recipe looked promising. It told of moist mango veganism in all it's glory. The result, COMPLETE FAIL. The cake was flat, super wet and looked very much like a deflated cheesecake. The taste wasn't that much better either. Very starchy tasting. So the search continued.

Then low and behild a recipe mix that worked. Fingers crossed, with some advice from my granny and wah lah!!!......

My Apple Almond Spice Cake w/ Caramel Butter cream was born. Now some may argue that because of the sugar aspect it is not vegan. But she was a no animal product kind of a girl and the sugar got a pass. So, this has been he rave at baby showers, weddings and get together's. And to my surprise has been the topic of conversation over all the other cakes. I am still working on other cake flavors so tune in for more vegan cake surprises.