I can totally understand how the vegan way of living can be intimidating when you don’t know that much about it. But the truth is, you can basically make anything vegan nowadays. And the products are so evolved that many times you can’t smell or taste any difference.
So keep on reading even if you’re not vegan!
I wanted to make a cake of some sort, with chocolate or cream. Then I remembered the existence of cheesecakes and that I absolutely love them! It doesn’t matter if it’s lemon, strawberry, chocolate, or “New York”-style (basically just the vanilla bottom and nothing on top). Every single one of them is delicious.
Sooo, to make it edible for everyone in the family, I made it vegan and with saffron (the last part was because it’s Christmas). And topped it with the very Swedish berry “lingonberries”. To make it even more seasonal, the base is gingerbread cookies.
Here in Sweden, we have lots of vegan alternatives to cream, cream cheese, butter, and other dairy products. Usually more than one in each category. And to be honest, they’re okay or really good. Haven’t come across one that’s bad yet.
In the picture above, you can see the ones I used for this recipe. Hopefully you can find these in a store close to you, or something similar.
Do you have a recipe you want me to try that’s vegan (or just in general)? And do you have a favorite vegan cake recipe?
Anyway, if you try this recipe, please let me know if you liked it!
