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Calling all bakers...can you take any general cake recipe and turn it, say, into a banana/zucchini/carrot cake/bread just by adding the banana/zucchini/carrot to it? Maybe just reduce the liquid somewhat to accommodate the moisture from the banana/zucchini/carrot?

I love the yogurt pound cake from Veganomicon and I want to add banana or zucchini/carrot. Let me know what you think. :)
 
Calling all bakers...can you take any general cake recipe and turn it, say, into a banana/zucchini/carrot cake/bread just by adding the banana/zucchini/carrot to it? Maybe just reduce the liquid somewhat to accommodate the moisture from the banana/zucchini/carrot?

I love the yogurt pound cake from Veganomicon and I want to add banana or zucchini/carrot. Let me know what you think. :)

You really do have to take into account the liquid content of a cake when adding dry ingredients. Is the dough heavy or very liquid in the recipe that you state ?
 
It's a pretty dense, moist cake to begin with.
 
Apparently the only thing I can grow is habanera peppers. What can I do with them?

They are similar to the Scotch bonnet which are the hottest peppers in the world. I'm not keen on them as they are really far too hot.
I think habaneras and scotch bonnets are the same thing, for all intents and purposes- and they are too hot for me also, even though I can eat a jalapeno raw and straight.

Someone gave me an assortment of peppers they had grown once, and I recognized one of them as a scotch bonnet. Even a tiny amount mixed into a dish was kind of off-putting. But if you're not as turned off by them as I was, you might dry or freeze them and just use tiny amounts in whatever you're eating.

Otherwise, perhaps you could make a small portable biological weapon for personal defense? (I'm only half-kidding. And believe it or not, I think there are varieties of hot peppers that are many times hotter than habaneros, if you go by the Scoville scale... If I remember right, Ghost peppers are one, and dorset naga might be another. What I want to know is, who the hell eats these things? Masochists?)
 
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It's a pretty dense, moist cake to begin with.

If the batter is dense than you can add dry, dense ingredients without them falling to the bottom of the cake. You would just have to slightly
adjust the sugar content.
 
If the batter is dense than you can add dry, dense ingredients without them falling to the bottom of the cake. You would just have to slightly
adjust the sugar content.
Hmmm...maybe I should do a search for an actual recipe for banana bread or zucchini/carrot bread/cake. I'd hate to mess around and then have it not come out right and waste perfectly good ingredients.

I'll let you know how I make out. :)
 
That is what I was thinking. There are so many vegan courgette, banana and carrot cake recipes that are excellent.
 
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I used to make a delicious (fake) chicken ranch enchilada casserole when I was vegetarian. I'm wondering if it's possible to veganize it because it used a lot of cheese, like 2 pounds.
It was 2-3 layers of enchilada sauce dipped corn tortillas, chicken mixed with hidden valley ranch dip, and cheese.
Would it work the same using daiya?
What could I use in place of the ranch dip?
 
Vegan gelatin shots? I see a few recipes, but they all have people commenting about having issues.
 
I've made jello shots before. I used this brand and it worked pretty well:
Just Wholefoods Vegetarian Jelly Crystals Strawberry Strawberry | Holland & Barrett - the UK’s Leading Health Retailer

I also bought this before:
Dr. Oetker vege-gel - Waitrose

to make orange boats. It worked pretty well - no alcohol involved though. And also was pretty weird having orange jello actually taste like an orange not artificial crap haha. I have no idea whether those products exist outside of the UK though
 
I have a whole marrow to use ASAP. Any suggestions anyone?
You are talking about a vegetable, yes? If it's what I think it is, maybe you could stuff it with a rice and bean mixture with diced tomatoes and carrots and peppers and bake it.
 
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Is there a vegan substitute for brown cheese? Even something remotely similar? Brown cheese is popular in Norway and ...uh, Norway. It's made from goat's milk and the brown colour comes from iron in the pan it was cooked in, I think. It's a hard cheese, but softer than most cheeses I would call "hard". You can still cut it into slices with a Norwegian cheese slicer. It has a rather sweet taste. It's made without rennet, so it's naturally vegetarian.
 
Is there a vegan substitute for brown cheese? Even something remotely similar? Brown cheese is popular in Norway and ...uh, Norway. It's made from goat's milk and the brown colour comes from iron in the pan it was cooked in, I think. It's a hard cheese, but softer than most cheeses I would call "hard". You can still cut it into slices with a Norwegian cheese slicer. It has a rather sweet taste. It's made without rennet, so it's naturally vegetarian.

I've never heard of it but have read an article saying it is like our Marmite ; you love or hate it.

Geitost
 
Miyoko's cheeses are often brownish in color, not soft but not hard - you'd use a knife not a slicer - and they taste terrific - especially the sharp cheddar. Don't know if they're available in Europe as they're fairly new here.
 
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