A late Birthday

Getting organized for the Goober's 6th birthday party tomorrow. Will ice the (cup)cake(s) tomorrow morning. Doing something different, and way easier this year... going to a mini-golf course in the city. Only about a 15-20 min. drive, they have a cooler for the cake but no pre-booking or extra fees to do a party. I just have to pay for each kid playing and if it's busy we have to wait our turn to get started. No set-up/clean-up, no kids invading my house.... and way cheaper than renting the pool or something, makes me feel like a genius. Anyway... I'll post how it goes tomorrow or Friday. Might go camping this weekend to test out the new trailer... not sure we can get a site with it being the long weekend.

Recipes

Okay, so with my oldest goober having major food allergies I've had to seek out yummy treats that have no milk, eggs or butter in them. When I tell people the treats are vegan, they think I'm crazy, but it just means animal free, and when it comes to dessert, we've found some good ones! A few moms have asked for my recipes for their own families, so here it goes:

Wacky Cake (chocolate cake great for Birthdays!)
Preheat oven to 350*. Grease 9x13 pan.

Measure into medium/large bowl:

3 cups Flour

2 cups Sugar

½ cup Cocoa

1 tsp. Baking Soda

1 tsp. Salt

Mix to combine. Make a well in centre and Add:

¾ cup Oil

2 tsp. Vinegar

2 tsp. Vanilla

2 cups Water

Mix well and pour into pan. Bake approximately 35 minutes.

Bake 24 cupcakes (in papers) for 25 minutes.

Banana Quick Bread - Vegan

3 Bananas, mashed

¼ cup Oil

½ cup Brown Sugar, packed

¼ cup Granulated Sugar

1 ½ tsp. Baking Powder

1 tsp. Baking Soda

¼ tsp. Salt

1 cup All Purpose Flour

½ cup Whole Wheat Flour

½ cup Chocolate Chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 370*F.

Mash the bananas well & combine with oil & sugars to cream. Add salt, powder & soda to combine. Stir in each of the flours, mixing until just moistened. Bake in a greased and floured (or parchment lined) loaf pan for 35-40 min. or until toothpick comes out clean. Let rest a few min. before removing from pan to wire rack to cool.

[okay, so this one isn't dessert but it's delicious!]

Vegan Apple Spice Cake

1 1/2 Cups Flour

1 Cup Brown Sugar

1 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda

1/4 tsp. Salt

1 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon

1/2 Cup Oil

1 1/4 Cups Apple Sauce

1/4 Cup Apple Juice (scant)

Mix ingredients and Bake at 375*F for 30 minutes in a greased 8 inch round or square pan.

I hope these help someone out... I know I had a hard time finding some of them (I altered a plain to create the Apple Spice) =)