Hello again!
Remember when I told you I had a bazillion banana's in the freezer and I was going to start making tons of banana recipes? Well here we go.....
The first recipe is one I veganized from my own personal cookbook. It is my friends daughters recipe (she is 14) and it is awesome. I was a little hesitant about veganizing it, because it was so good, would it live up to being veganized?????
So I basically followed the recipe swapping out the eggs for Egg replacer and the sour milk became sour soy milk....Also I added black walnuts, because I love them...
Well it didn't rise like I had hoped and it needed to bake an additional 10 minutes past the original time....
But....... It was moist and crumbly and had a really deep banana flavor that was set off by the black walnuts, and I loved that!
Traditionally it has a really thick cream cheese icing with pecans on it... do not ask me what the happened.....SOMETIMES I HATE VEGAN BAKING!!!!!
Just to let you know, the cake at the top of this post is what it normally looks like sans pecans...
Remember when I told you I had a bazillion banana's in the freezer and I was going to start making tons of banana recipes? Well here we go.....
The first recipe is one I veganized from my own personal cookbook. It is my friends daughters recipe (she is 14) and it is awesome. I was a little hesitant about veganizing it, because it was so good, would it live up to being veganized?????
So I basically followed the recipe swapping out the eggs for Egg replacer and the sour milk became sour soy milk....Also I added black walnuts, because I love them...
Well it didn't rise like I had hoped and it needed to bake an additional 10 minutes past the original time....
But....... It was moist and crumbly and had a really deep banana flavor that was set off by the black walnuts, and I loved that!
Traditionally it has a really thick cream cheese icing with pecans on it... do not ask me what the happened.....SOMETIMES I HATE VEGAN BAKING!!!!!Just to let you know, the cake at the top of this post is what it normally looks like sans pecans...
Review:
I seriously hate vegan baking sometimes, I am an accomplished baker and this makes me look like an amateur, so I am not thrilled by the look of this cake.
While the taste was brilliant, it was really dense, like butter cake. That was not supposed to happen.
The icing...sigh...That seriously upsets me.... There is no reason why it didn't work. I used tofutti brand cream cheese and fresh powdered sugar, and smart balance margarine. I have made it before and it was fine.
OK, so I am going to make this again tomorrow and try something else to help leaven it,
the icing needs tweaked, and I will not use black walnuts, even though I loved the taste. Black walnuts are oily and also they are acidic, so I am wondering if that is a factor....
If it bakes up like a butter cake again, so be it, I think it is brilliant that way but my husband hated it and said it was to dense for his tastes.....
When I am satisfied with the results I will post the recipe...
After the frosting fiasco.... I am going banana's!
After the frosting fiasco.... I am going banana's!
12 comments:
Hi Brandi-
Sorry to hear of your frosting fiasco. I've noticed that the non-hydrogentated Tofutti comes out much runnier than the hydrogenated version. Also I prefer Earth Balance to Smart Balance- not only the flavor, but for baking it does make a difference. But if it tastes good that's all that matters!
Thanks Lea, I never thought about that, and I think that cream cheese was in the fridge since January...I know it lasts a long time, but it might have been past it's prime.....I cannot find Earth balance for the life of me and up until last month that is what I thought I was buying...I am so blond sometimes!
Well today is another attempt, perhaps it will go better for me....lol or I'll just make cookies....lol
vegan baking is a challenge... but that's part of the fun, right? :) and who doesn't love eating the FAIL banana cakes?
IT sure does taste good Miss V!!!
Brandi,
Vegan baking can be a challenge! We have all been there. It is frustrating when we have been baking a long time to have something not turn out as it should. It may also be that we are our own biggest critics. I know that is what happens at my house. I thought your cake looked good. :-)
hope you are having a good day,
Alicia
Hi there, just followed you here from, well there! I wanted to thank you for the lovely comment you left on my blog. I relate to the mud and dirt part more than you'll know. I think my feet haven't been clean for almost 5 years!
I've had a tiny read of this blog and will look at your others too.
Bit of an inspiration, springs to mind.
:)
Laura xx
LMAO! Sorry but that's funny. I love that you posted pics of it even though you weren't happy with the results. That's cute. It looks yummy. :)
I think it looks absolutely delicious!
How fun to meet you in cyberspace! I know all about being a vegan in microscopic midwestern towns (and have lived in a microscopic Kansas town, as well!). That's sweet of you to be my first follower on my wellness blog... I actively post on my Permission to Unwind blog, but wanted to save a spot for the other work that I do. I, too, am a lifelong nutrition junkie, passionate vegan, and love to live a life of wellness! I think we were meant to be friends... there are so few of us vegan midwesterners. We should all stick together! :) Hope to see you around again. The Wellspring Essentials blog will be kicking off on April 1st, so be on the lookout.
Tweaks or no, that cake looks so good! Also, in my experience, I've found that it's best to whip vegan cream cheese as little as possible -- the longer you mix it, the runnier it gets, and it never gets as firm as its original state.
I think you are cute to post your picture of the icing meltdown... That is so honest! I wouldn't even start to make a blog post until I thought I had my recipe just right! But you have learned how to move past the perfectionist within, unlike me. And I admire that. You are wonderful, Brandi! I love you!
Baking can be pretty frustrating sometimes!! Your cake still looks good to me. :)
I make vegan cream cheese frosting quite a bit and it usually comes out ok, but once it got really runny for no reason! I don't know why it was different that one time...
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