{"id":497,"date":"2009-01-13T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2015-11-20T22:04:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T22:04:37","slug":"belated-christmas-goody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.com\/belated-christmas-goody\/","title":{"rendered":"A Belated Christmas Goody"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These days I\u2019ve been so uninspired to blog. Not that I haven\u2019t been cooking and baking. I have and have been taking photos too! I\u2019ve just been feeling too lazy to type down the recipes. There are days that I just want to linger around, away from the computer.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also been feeling a bit sluggish these few days. So, I did some yoga today in the afternoon. It\u2019s amazing how yoga revitalizes all my senses no matter how short the session! I always have to drag myself to start doing it and as soon as I start the session I feel so great and so relaxed. And afterward so energized! I say to myself, I’ll do this everyday. But the next day, I just keep postponing to the next. There was a time when I used to be very regular with my yoga. And initially when starting to write this blog, I intended to talk about yoga too. But I think moving country has upset my rhythm. So now that I have blogged about it, I should keep up to it and that should motivate me!<\/p>\n

I have been trying to catch up a little bit with reading all your posts! I can\u2019t!!! I\u2019ve got so many blogs in my reader now! Every time I read a post, I find a new interesting blog from the comments and I add it to my list. It\u2019s like veg*n blogs are experiencing some kind of boom!
\nI think this is a good thing though! It means the world is changing, right?! Cool! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Well, anyway… I made the mocha cake<\/a> I made for Christmas again. And this time I\u2019ll post the recipe. I hadn\u2019t written down the recipe back then; I wanted to make sure I had got it right and tried it once again before posting.<\/p>\n

I used less oil (than the first one) but it was still very nice and quite spongy. You can increase the oil if you want a richer cake, then just reduce the other liquids.
\nOne other thing I did differently is the icing. Last time I made a ganache by melting some chocolate over low heat together with a few tablespoons of soy milk and a tablespoon of instant coffee granules. Stirred and mixed well then poured it over the cake. This time, I made the icing with cocoa powder. Both are great icing although I personally prefer this second version because it\u2019s lighter.<\/p>\n

There are a few more recipes that I have been making and that I have yet to post. So, some more are coming up soon!<\/p>\n

Simple Mocha Cake<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong> (8 \u2013 10 servings)<\/p>\n

Dry ingredients:
\n1\u00bd cups all-purpose flour
\n\u00be cup soft brown sugar
\n1 teaspoon baking soda
\n3 tablespoons cocoa powder
\n2 tablespoons instant coffee granules (I used freeze dried coffee)
\nPinch salt<\/p>\n

Wet ingredients (all together should amount to 1\u00bd cups or 300 ml):
\n\u00be cup (150 ml) soy milk
\n2 tablespoons vinegar (I used malt)
\n\u2154 cup (130 ml) coconut milk
\n2 tablespoons vegetable oil (you can add more oil and reduce the coconut milk)<\/p>\n

Icing (all leveled tablespoons):
\n2 tablespoons cocoa powder
\n3 tablespoons vegan margarine
\n3 tablespoons soy milk
\n1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
\n5 tablespoons soft brown sugar<\/p>\n

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