I often talk about where I get inspiration for my food.

Well, this time, the inspiration came from a bit unusual place: in a shower!

At our house my husband makes body wash because he was getting frustrated with all the unnecessary chemicals used in many store-bought ones.

He uses different scents every time he makes a new batch, and apparently the most recent one is almond.

So whenever I take a shower, I will get a craving for something “almondy”!

And lucky me!

I found the perfect vegan cake recipe, here.

This recipe for vegan vanilla cake is amazing.

Apparently, I made mine almond flavor instead of vanilla, but it resulted in a delicious cake with the perfect sweetness and the perfect texture.

Trust me, this cake is better than non-vegan cake!

My awesome almond cake was decorated with fresh strawberries.

Simple but elegant.

I made my frosting almond flavored as well.

This was such a huge hit.

My husband and I loved it so much.

Another place where I often get craving for something “almondy” is a car wash (lol) where they use almond scented soap.

This cake recipe will definitely be going into my recipe box.

I just need to find time to write it down, though.

Oh, I almost forgot, but I chose this post today, because I thought this cake would be a wonderful cake to make on Mother’s Day.

I know I haven’t spent Mother’s Day together with my mother for many years now, but today I’m thinking of you from thousands miles away.

I love you.

Happy Mother’s Day, everyone.

One of the things that were not so cool about being on the plant-based diet is that we cannot enjoy the food made with the family recipes.

My husband loves his grandma Kiel’s Molasses Sugar Cookies that his grandma and his mom both have made for the family for many many years.

So I asked his mom to share the recipe and tried to veganize it.

I used my vegan butter for shortening and flax meal/water mixture for an egg, and the cookies turned out awesome!!

My husband loved them, and they were officially approved by his mom as well.

Grandma Kiel passed away before I met my husband.

I wish I had a chance to share these cookies with her.

I like technologies, but in many ways I’m still pretty old-fashioned.

I found these recipe box and recipe cards at Target, and I’m planning to start writing my favorite recipes down on these cards.

These are from their newly launched Hearth and Hand brand.

I love their simple and country-looking, yet has a sophisticated design.

I’ve also bought a few other items from this brand as well.

Do you think out loud?

Well, I do.

Mostly when I’m thinking about food.

We had some friends over for dinner the other day, and I was thinking about what I should make for dessert.

Apparently I was thinking out loud, and my husband heard me saying “French silk pie” as one of the ideas.

He loved the idea and he insisted that it should be the one to make.

I like my crust thick.

As you can see.

This Vegan French silk pie turned out to be absolutely delicious!

I would have to say this is probably one of my favorite desserts.

The major ingredient of the filling is avocado, and even though you don’t taste it at all, you feel less guilty eating it.

Avocado is a vegetable, right? (lol)

I topped it off with coconut cream (sweetened with sugar).

4 small V French Silk Pies – filling: 2 avocados, melted chocolate, sugar, strong coffee, non-dairy milk