Foxy Cake and Bake Sale

Original artwork by Agusta L Downs

If like me, the dark, dank and cold days of winter are driving you to become more than obsessed with cakes, there is just the right event for you taking place tomorrow. It not only supports your need for cake but most importantly, supports a great cause.

Cornwall Vegans are hosting a cake and bake sale to raise funds for the Kernow Sabs, Monitors and Animal Rights Team who have been made particularly busy just recently. This takes place at The Cornish Vegan in Truro from 1pm with drinks being sold by The Cornish Vegan and all proceeds of the sale of cakes and bakes going to the fund.

If you are a vegan cake baker then your delicious creations would be very much welcome to aid this event and you are invited to arrive with them from 12 noon.  Likewise if you are the 'crafty type' then any creations you can spare to sell for this fund raising event would be most appreciated.

For more details on this event or if you have any questions, please do visit the Facebook Event page - Foxy Cake and Bake Sale.

Cakey Delights from Sprout Health Foods

As our last post detailed, we are continuing our period of alcohol abstinence and part of our success has been in treating ourselves in other ways.  This time from Sprout Health Foods in Newquay we sampled the cakey sweet delights on offer.

Occasionally Claire and Bast from Sprout do make their own gluten free and vegan cakes to sell.  They also source sweet treats from a couple of other producers, including local chef and baker Vivienne Levick and also Cornish based mother and daughter fronted clean food company Je Tam.  However the majority of their delights are supplied by husband and wife team, Charlotte and Graeme at Pura Pressed. Pura Pressed are known for their cold pressed juices but have also gained an increasingly appreciative market for their raw, vegan and gluten free cakes which are also free from palm oil, refined sugar and preservatives.  As well as being available at Sprout you can delve into these delightful desserts at Archie Browns or The Cornish Vegan, both in Truro.  Alternatively you could catch up with Pura Pressed at their regular stall at Truro Farmers Market or order direct online from the Pura Pressed website.

The first of the two Pura Pressed delights from Sprout we scoffed was a carrot cake. Chewy and creamy in equal measure this carrot packed slice has a wonderful lemon zing coupled with a sweet cinnamon kick.  It's filling though, and sharing the slice enabled us to move onto the second treat we'd bought, which was a chocolate peppermint slice.  As good as the carrot cake was, the 'biscuity' base colliding with the fresh burst of minty filling and chocolate topping just pipped the post for me.  It was like a big hug from a vegan After Eight mint (but so much better).  

It seems that when it comes to a vegan healthy treat, Sprout has it covered and, with so many local producers of vegan goodies around, there are plenty more to enjoy on future shopping trips!