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December 19, 2018 by Fran Costigan 2 Comments

Holiday Desserts Tradition: No Food Waste

Banana Date Cranberry Nice Cream with a Thin Crispy Gluten-Free Cookie

Stretch leftover bits of ingredients and desserts into actual holiday desserts (or anytime desserts!). This Banana Date Cranberry Nice Cream was made with leftovers from my freezer. This morning, both to avoid scheduled paperwork, my nemesis, and to get ready for family coming to Philly for the holidays, I inventoried my freezer. I did this right […]

Filed Under: Frozen Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: Banana Date Cranberry Nice Cream, Christmas Dessert, Dairy Free, holiday dessert, holiday desserts, Nice Cream, plant-based, vegan, vegetarian

December 12, 2018 by Fran Costigan 2 Comments

Fran’s Vegan Version of Deborah Madison’s Not Quite So Sticky Date Pudding

Vegan Sticky Date Pudding

This simple but unusual vegan Sticky Date Pudding is a nice change of pace from the usual labor intensive and super sweet holiday desserts. Deborah Madison’s Not Quite So Sticky Date Pudding Joy Manning and Marisa McClellan, cookbook authors and hosts of one of my favorite podcasts Local Mouthful, were having a potluck in Philadelphia. […]

Filed Under: Cakes, Puddings, Mousse & Creams, Recipes Tagged With: cake, Christmas Dessert, Christmas recipe, Deborah Madison, Dessert, recipe, Sticky Date Pudding, vegan, vegan baking, vegan dessert, vegan recipe, vegetarian

December 18, 2014 by Fran Costigan 10 Comments

The Christmas Party Cake called Bûche de Noël

Vegan Bûche de Noël

Bûche de Noël is the French name for a Christmas cake shaped like a Yule log. Traditionally this is a rolled cake, but I have learned that unless the cake contains an unthinkable amount of fat, a rolled vegan cake will be greasy (and exceptionally unhealthy). Still, I wanted a holiday log complete with mushrooms shaped […]

Filed Under: Cakes, Chocolate, Holiday, Recipes Tagged With: Bûche de Noël, chocolate, Chocolate Cake, Christmas baking, Christmas Cake, Christmas Dessert, Fran Costigan, Good Cakes Fran, Holiday Baking, vegan baking, Vegan Cake, vegan chocolate, vegan dessert

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