vegan desserts Archives

Espresso Sugared Figs

November 12, 2018 by Kristina Sloggett 1 Comment

enjoy sticky warm Espresso Sugared Figs over cold ice cream for an easy and elegant dessert! save a few to top your oatmeal the next morning…

Espresso Sugared Figs

Just in time for the holidays and the extremely short fresh fig season, I bring you a favorite Wow dessert!

This Espresso Sugared Figs recipe is one of my favorite ice cream toppings – pretty figs that get sticky caramelized in just a couple quick and easy steps.

This idea was concocted during the 2015 holidays, when Jason and I were obsessed with all things …

Lemon Elderflower Layer Cake

May 6, 2018 by Kristina Sloggett 30 Comments

this Lemon Elderflower Layer Cake is royally delicious! bright and light flavors, tasty lemon cake surrounded by smooth and sweet elderflower frosting. perfect for a 4am Royal Wedding breakfast celebration, a Mothers Day brunch, or a Tuesday.

Lemon Elderflower Layer Cake

I’m just going to come right out and ask – will you be watching the Royal Wedding?

Airing at four in the morning my time, I will be watching.

and I will be eating cake.

for breakfast, even.

The Royal Wedding Cake is to be a Lemon Elderflower Cake.

The strange fact about the cake? It …

Retro Jello Salad

March 23, 2017 by Kristina Sloggett 10 Comments

Retro Jello Salad – a light and bright fluffy dessert that just might remind you of childhood. a mildly sweet dish for holidays, potlucks, anytime!

Retro Jello Salad

This “salad” was a holiday staple when I was a kid – gracing every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner table. While it is sweet, and definitely a dessert, this was not our dessert.

This was served with dinner – dessert happened several hours later, right? That is still how things are – dessert happens about the time cocktails and rummy card decks make an appearance…

This Retro Jello Salad recipe goes way back to my Grandma Edie. Okay, my grandma’s jello salad was always lime. I changed the flavor this time for a couple reasons – one, I wanted a bright and sunny orange flavor, and two, I cannot find a vegan gelatin substitute in lime flavor.

Other than the jello flavor, everything else is essentially the same. Well, a vegan version of the same….

Grilled Vanilla Pint Cake with Strawberry Sauce and Pistachio

July 17, 2016 by Kristina Sloggett 14 Comments

Grilled Vanilla Pint Cake with Strawberry Sauce and Pistachio – fresh summer berries top a unique take on a pound cake – fresh summer flavor!

While I enjoy ice cream any time of year, summertime is when we celebrate it more, right?

We have been enjoying a unique take on a pound cake recipe – seriously, I cannot stop making this pint cake with all the flavors. Yes. Pint Cake. See what I did there? This super easy cake recipe is a variation of my dear friend Katie’s recipe – one that came from her Bubbie. It uses a pint of the Cashewmilk Frozen Dessert, and is the perfect dessert cake similar to a pound cake!

Seriously. You know how many different flavors of pints So Delicious has?

Endless flavor …

Fresh Pineapple Sherbet with Curry Cashew Crunch

January 20, 2015 by Kristina Sloggett 53 Comments

Fresh Pineapple Sherbet with Curry Cashew Crunch

When it comes to frozen desserts, I am firmly in the camp that believes they are not just for summertime. We are a year round ice cream house here. In January, when many are making amends for an overindulgence of holiday sugars and going light, possibly even sugar free, there are many ‘treats’ that can still be enjoyed. This light, fresh and flavorful sherbet is definitely one of them. Another plus? It is incredibly easy to prepare, and has only two ingredients. Yes, two.

Those two ingredients are bringing a fresh taste of summer to the middle of your winter. The warming Curry Cashew Crunch? Pairs perfectly to bring many complex layers of flavor and textures – warm, spicy, and crunchy over fresh, light, and cool. Sweet comes from the fresh pineapple – no added sugar is necessary.

If you already know I like my ice cream, you …

Mini Toffee Mallomars

June 13, 2014 by Kristina Sloggett 11 Comments

Mini Toffee Mallomars – a retro favorite from childhood, updated with toffee, dark chocolate, rich shortbread, and vegan marshmallows – perfect!

Mini Toffee Mallomars @spabettie

Father’s Day is Sunday.

My first without Dad.

Not a day goes by that I do not think about Dad.

More times than I can count, in the first two months he was gone, I found myself driving to his house, autopilot style (his house is two minutes up the hill from ours).

Every morning I walk through our library and say “morning, Dad” as I walk by his urn.

I still watch Days of Our Lives at least once a week, even if it is just on in the background while I work in the kitchen …but often I will schedule my lunch around that time, and settle down to catch up. Dad, I know you’d be loving the stories right now.

I also watch Barrett-Jackson auction from time to time, looking for your Corvette.

Yep, I talk to Dad sometimes. I used to bring him fresh juice and coffee every day, and since I practice this ritual daily myself, I am often wishing he was here. Giving my green juice the side eye, and drinking it with a smile.

I celebrate his memory, I think of the good times. We had so many good times.

He bought me my first basketball, when I was probably 9? I remember standing there in the store, looking at them all, looking up at Dad, how do we choose? He simply picked one up, you know how they have that half box going all around the ball, and he bounced it. Box and all. Okay, this one is good.

He also …

Double Chocolate Truffle Skulls

October 31, 2013 by Kristina Sloggett 12 Comments

Double Chocolate Truffle Skulls are a spooky sweet treat for any Halloween party! short and simple ingredient list, easy to make!

Here in Portland, it feels like it’s been Halloween for a week already. Last week we had two parties to dress up for, and we have been seeing friends and other Portlanders dressing up since … last Wednesday, really.

Maybe some of those were not costumes – this is Portland after all.

The dachshunds have also been dressing up – new costumes this year include Basil as…

chocolate ganache swirl cheesecake with almond fig crust

July 4, 2013 by Kristina Sloggett 26 Comments

chocolate ganache cheesecake

I haven’t made you a cheesecake in a while. I’m making up for that now.

I think this is my best one yet.

Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts to make – so fun to get creative with the flavors. Especially when the flavors include a topping of buttery caramel sauce:

This cheesecake begins with a crunchy almond fig crust topped by a middle layer of cheesecake. Delicious as is, but I can never leave well enough alone. After the cheesecake layer set, I swirled a spoon through the surface (call it taste testing?), and poured a rich chocolate ganache over the top.

Oh my word, I wish I could invite you all over for a slice.

chocolate cheesecake with almond fig crust