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Vegan recipes, lifestyle, and culture presented by the Feast food community.
Cheese, Honey and Thyme
It's been a while since the last episode of 'cake vs cookie' because (and I'm going to be honest here) I just haven't been feeling it lately. I wanted to do something small and something that didn't require me to do a lot of decorating. This resulted in me making an orange and ginger cake topped with fruit the other day and spending this morning making some famed biscuits of mine for my mother. I had a burst of energy and so I decided to give cake vs cookie another go. So welcome to the flavour profile: cheese, honey and thyme!
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Feast
Easy Lemon and Basil Vegan Loaf Cake
It's warm outside so yes, I'm baking and even though I don't really eat cake, this one was actually really tasty. It wasn't too sweet and it wasn't too over the top (which seems to be the issue I have with cakes, I hate anything sickly sweet). This one is quite simple and I'll also post some adjustments you can make to the recipe for different flavours. So, let's take a look...
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Feast
Mushroom Filled Dumplings
As you probably know from my Facebook story, I have been infinite yoghurt glitching (where basically you save a bit of your yoghurt before it finishes, you boil milk and then add the yoghurt to it, wrap the pot in a towel for five or six hours and you'll have more yoghurt) and I'm also trying to keep everything as processing-free as possible. These dumplings have no ultra-processed ingredients in them and when I tried them (as someone who actually hates dumplings) I almost cried - they were so damn good. So I'm going to be feeding them to my mother for lunch today!
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Feast
Vegan Burger Patties
I'm not a vegan but my mother is and I'm not a fan of her getting her vegan patties from outside the house since there's a whole bunch of chemicals in them. My homemade ones might take you some time but they are very tasty and they don't have any of those nasty ingredients you can't pronounce. Of course, I don't just bake if that's what you think of me. I'm dipping my feet into cooking as much as I can at home rather than buying out. Let's take a look at what goes into these patties then...
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Feast
My Spring 2026 Starbucks Menu Review
As we move into mid-spring, Starbucks has added more drinks to the menu: Iced Mango Cream Chai, Iced Mango Cream Matcha, Iced Ube Coconut Cream Shaken Espresso and a selection of new Energy Refreshers, including the Pink Energy Drink. I love bright, refreshing flavors, and with temperatures heating up, this seemed like the perfect time to stop by Starbucks and grab a cold beverage.
By Kaitlin Shanks6 months ago in Feast
Lemon and Blueberry Cupcakes
Today, I've done quite a bit - I've also learned some stuff about myself that I didn't know. For example: I baked my mother an afternoon tea with these cupcakes involved but a couple of days ago, I learned that there is something quite wrong with my left shoulder and back which means I am having difficulty lifting it and we can forget raising the arm all the way. Physiotherapy seems to be somewhere on the horizon, so we'll see how that goes. But for now, the lemon and blueberry cupcakes are still going down a treat with my mother.
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Feast
Vegan Ginger Loaf Cake
Okay, here's the story... I was at a food festival in Sutton Coldfield looking at the different foods. I'm not going to lie to you but me being at a food festival is about as useful as a bicycle is the a fish. I have this thing about trying foods that are laid out on plates like that with little toothpics in them. I physically cannot bring myself to eat them so I will either have to buy the whole thing and take it home to try or, better yet, take someone with me whom I trust to tell me how something tastes.
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Feast
Vanilla, Rose and Basil
It's been a while since cake vs cookie and I'm hoping to get back to it at least once a week. I'm going to stop linking all the previous episodes but if you go to my profile and hit the 'feast' tab, then you'll find that the 'cake vs cookie' series will be named by its flavour profile instead of what it actually is.
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Feast
Strawberry, Cucumber and Mint
Strawberry, cucumber and mint are perhaps one of the most iconic flavour profiles of the springtime season because it tastes so refreshing and makes for great lemonade. If you would like to view the other episodes of 'cake vs cookie' then you can find the flavour profiles below:
By Annie Kapur7 months ago in Feast
Apple, Almond and Thyme
Welcome to another episode of cake vs cookie and today the flavours are apple, almond and thyme. So far, we've seen lots of success and a few weird flavour combinations. I think that today's flavours might be a winning combination to take over the crown from orange, tarragon and honey and, I don't think I'll be making anything with banana, coconut and ginger for a while until I figure out how to do it correctly.
By Annie Kapur7 months ago in Feast
Banana, Coconut and Ginger
Okay so I have to admit that I took a couple of days to process this one because I had no idea how to work in the banana. It seemed really foreign to me when it came to getting fresh banana into my biscuit. For the cake, it was quite simple to mash the fruit up and put it into the mixture. So let's just say I wasn't expecting too much out of the biscuits...
By Annie Kapur7 months ago in Feast
Orange, Tarragon and Honey
Welcome back to another episode of cake vs cookie and today the flavour profile is orange, tarragon and honey. I have to admit that I've never actually had tarragon before and so, I had no idea what it was going to taste/smell like. When I bought the herbs, I found that they smelt like liquorice and had quite a strange flavour when I popped all the elements into my mouth together. The orange and tarragon together was refreshing and the honey brought a sweetness to it. Of course, I don't actually eat cakes and cookies and so this whole thing is judged by my mother who, every couple of days, I force-feed dessert items to.
By Annie Kapur7 months ago in Feast
