Guest guest Report post Posted September 25, 2000 A dry sweetener, is exactly that. A sweetener used that is not liquid. However, since many vegans avoid using granulated white sugar (the bleaching process involves the use of animal bones), there are others that can be substituted. I, for one, use succanat (sp?) You can get it in the health food store in the bulk section, and just get as much as you need. It's a medium brown, and is granulated, just like sugar, and you can use it in the same ratin 1:1. So, if a recipe calls for 1 cup sugar, just substitute 1 cup succanat. If you have any difficulties finding it, ask someone at the health food store, and they'll take you to it. Good Luck! Ginger ===== ~~Music is the voice of the soul. Whether tortured or wounded, rejoicing or praising, its tones can calm a spirit or cause the angels to weep; so is music's power.~~ Send instant messages & get email alerts with Messenger. http://im./ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted September 25, 2000 this is perfect I was just looking for a birthday cake for my daughter and son. But I have one question, what is dry sweetener. Thank you so very much Tammy ~People think its hard to do the right thing, its not hard to do the right thing, its hard to know what the right thing is and once you know what is right then its hard not to do it.~ www.vegpledge.com www.notmilk.com Milk does NOT do a body good! > Ginger <herbalginger > Re: Re: First Birthday > > Recipe from " How it All Vegan, " by Tanya Barnard and > Sarah Kramer. Copyright 1999. . > > Jen's Chocolate Cake (pg. 146) > Ingredients > 3 cups flour > 2 tsp baking soda > 1/2 tsp salt > 3/4 cup cocoa powder > 3/4 cup margarine (vegan) > 1 1/2 cups dry sweetener > 1/4 cup water > 2 cups soy milk > 2 tsp vanilla extract > > Directions: > Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, stir > together the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa > powder. In a blender or food processor, blend together > the margarine, sweetener, and water. Add this to flour > mixture along with the milk and vanilla, and mix > together gently until " just mixed. " Pour into a > lightly oiled cake pan and bake for 30 minutes. Test > with a fork to see if done. When cooled, ice and > serve. > > > Vanilla Cake (pg. 147) > 1 1/2 cups flour > 2 tsp baking powder > 1/4 tsp salt > 3/4 cup dry sweetener > 3/4 cup soy milk > 2 tsp vanilla extract > 1/4 cup oil > egg replacer (to = one egg)[use either Ener-G Egg > Replacer, or flax seed oil: 3 tblsp=1 egg] > Preheat over to 350 F. In a large bowl, stir together > the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the sweetener, > milk, vanilla, oil and egg replacer and mix together > gently until " just mixed. " Pour into a lightly oiled > cake pan and bake for 25-30 minutes. Check with a > knife to see if done. When cooled, ice and serve. > > > > I hope these are helpful. Enjoy and please... tell us > all how the party and the cake turn out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
