Sweet Vegan: A Collection of All Vegan, some Gluten-Free, and a Few Raw Desserts

by Emily Mainquist, Penny De Los Santos (Photographer)

Sweet Vegan features a wide variety of vegan, gluten-free, and raw dessert recipes that are manageable for bakers of all levels and appeal to an audience with specific food allergies that straight vegan recipes may not include. If the reader is curious about gluten-free or raw desserts - or needs to prepare something for someone else with dietary restrictions - they can try out some recipes without buying a whole book dedicated to them. Emily's exclusive gluten-free flour mix is the closest readers will ever come to all-purpose flour, therefore making the finished product taste much better. A cookbook is all about making the most delicious recipes to share with friends and family.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Vegan, Food, Cooking, Vegetarian

144 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2011

Reviews

[Christi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this up at the library to make a Thanksgiving dessert for a family member who is vegan. Pumpkin cupcakes were a hit with the vegan and the non-vegans alike.

I liked that the author wasn't super preachy about her lifestyle. I don't care why you are a vegan - I just want a decent recipe without having to buy too many ingredients I'll never a use again.

I do wish that the author had said that "organic evaporated cane sugar" is just granulated sugar before I spent time roaming up and down the aisles at Whole Foods looking for a product that special vegan ingredient necessary for anything!

[Briana · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is great for vegans who enjoy the more processed side of vegan eating (ex. tofu, soy, rainforest destroying palm oil butter substitues >.<). Been there, done that, don't recommend it for a long term way of eating veg. A-ok for splurges and the like. There are 2-3 raw vegan dessert recipes included. The COOLEST recipe in the whole book is pictured on the cover. She teaches you how to temper chocolate and then create these adorable little mousse/fruit/whatever the heck you want to throw in 'em bowls by using an inflated balloon! How genius is that?! Once the chocolate is hardened, you simply pop the balloon. Voila! :D

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book for finding yummy vegan desserts. Would have liked more that were also gluten free.
Still, more than worth the read. Enjoy and have dessert!

[Gina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting recipes