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Actually this cake is 100% vegan if I had used vegan chocolate chips. I had 2 big zucchinis in my fridge and was wondering what to do with it. Coincidentally I saw a recipe for chocolate zucchini cake in one of the cookbooks I have. I was not surprised because I’ve baked a chocolate chip zucchini bread earlier and I know that you cannot taste the zucchini at all. But I didn’t want to proceed with that zucchini cake recipe because it was a 4 layered birthday cake with frosting and all. I wanted something very simple, like a snack cake. Googled and found a couple of zucchini cake recipes. I decided to go with this chocolate zucchini cake recipe because it was very simple and it also gave me room to make some healthy changes. Read the rest of this entry »

Merry Christmas to all! Two days ago I was browsing the Joy of Baking site for some inspiration to bake something new. I found this dried fruit and nut quick bread recipe. I’ve always wanted to bake a rich christmas fruitcake, and this recipe fit the bill because it uses only very little flour and is fully loaded with dried fruits and nuts. Another interesting thing, it does not require any oil or butter. Yes it’s true, no oil or butter absolutely. It’s also dairy free. The only thing I had to change was to use an egg substitute. Since it’s a fruitcake I decided to use applesauce to replace the eggs in the recipe. Also there is no other ingredient in the recipe to moisten it, so I added 1/4 cup of water and additional 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda to compensate the eggs. Read the rest of this entry »

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For the past few days (2 weeks to be exact) my baking experiments are not giving me favorable results. I really don’t know what happened! So I’m thinking of taking a “baking break”. But before that a recipe for eggless pound cake. The original recipe is from “Baking for Dummies” by Emily Nolan. The only change I made was substituting silken tofu for the eggs. The cake came out soft and tasty but was very buttery/heavy. Just one piece is enough to keep you full for the next couple of hours. Read the rest of this entry »