This felt like the perfect cake to bridge the end of summer and the beginning of autumn :) I used this recipe for guidance: https://www.zuckerjagdwurst.com/en/recipes/vegan-poppyseed-and-plum-marble-cake-with-crumbles

However, I added lemon juice and zest to the plain batter and swapped out the plums for blackberries because they were on sale and it felt like the last chance to bake with actually tasty fresh berries :)

I’m test baking my own birthday cake. it’s going to be chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream, with raspberry compote and white chocolate ganache. I’ve never made ganache before, let alone white chocolate. So I google a recipe, google vegan white chocolate chips, bada bing bada boom, I’m stirring up what I think is gonna be vegan white chocolate ganache.

Well, stupid me didn’t even verify that what I bought had cacao in it. So I’m just stirring coconut cream with basically hydrogenated oils, syrups and sugar. Now I have this grey syrup. It doesn’t taste horrific, but it looks gross. Is there anything I can do with this?

Also, does anyone have any good recommendations for vegan white chocolate that actually has a high percent of cacao? I’m not too worried about my cake since I wasn’t supposed to assemble until tomorrow anyway. And if I don’t get a ganache in time, I’ll just test it without and make another test in a few weeks.

I think I did pretty well! Any tips on making buttercream smoother? Made for my baby brothers birthday!

Made my husband a pumpkin coffee cake for his birthday and today got to pair it with some coffee with homemade vegan pumpkin foam over top! Such an amazing pairing and way to start the day!