Monday, August 23, 2010

Tried & true vegan pound cake recipe?

Anyone have a vegan pound cake recipe that you know turns out well? A google search won't cut it, 'cause I want to know for sure that it's a great recipe. Thanks!Tried %26amp; true vegan pound cake recipe?
Here's a recipe you might start with and fine-tune to your taste. It was originally a pound cake, but I usually make it as muffins because they're done faster. I use fat free milk, but you could sub soy milk instead. You could also probably omit the poppy seeds.





Tofu Poppy Seed Pound Cake Muffins (or Cake)





12 oz pkg Mori-Nu silken tofu


2 tbsp margarine


1 to 1-1/4 cup sugar


2-3 tsp vanilla


2 tbsp lemon juice


1/2 cup milk (or use soy milk)


About 1/2 cup poppy seeds


2-3/4 cup flour


2 tsp baking powder


1/2 tsp baking soda


About 3 tbsp toasted coconut (optional)





Preheat oven to 375F. Process tofu in food processor until smooth. Add margarine, sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, and milk. Pulse to process until combined. Pour mixture into a mixing bowl and stir in rest of ingredients just until moistened. Divide mixture into 18 paper-lined cupcake pan cups. Bake for about 27 min, or until done. Can also be baked in a 13x9 pan for 40 min at 350F. Or in a 9-1/2 x 5-1/2 loaf pan for 1 hour 15 min at 350F.





P.S. You can easily toast the coconut in the oven while preparing the muffins/cake. Just place coconut in a metal pie plate and toast in oven for a few minutes until golden brown. This really adds to the flavor!Tried %26amp; true vegan pound cake recipe?
I don't know but I did see a tip somewhere (here?) about if you use an egg replacer (such as Ener G) and if that makes a recipe bitter, then try using almond milk in the recipe instead of soy milk. There is also almond powder that you can buy that maybe can be substituted for some of the flour (it says it can add buttery flavor to recipes)....just some ideas..I am not crazy about pound cake...prefer softer, lighter cakes...





you can also use flax seed with water blenderized to make an egg replacer...1 Tablespoon flax seeds plus 3 Tablespoons water replaces one egg.





or use 1/2 banana to replace one egg
pound cake is hard to do it vegan..you could simply substitute with vegan margarine like earth's balance which I Love...but can't Say what will happen. ........... but this site has award winning vegan chefs and great cake recipes..oh..try it .. http://www.veganchef.com/
The essence of pound cake is the butter and the eggs - lots of both. Being vegan, I'll assume you would eat neither. So why bother??

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