Comments on: Tres Leches Cake – gluten, dairy & egg-free! (& homemade coconut whipped cream)

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100+ Vegan Recipes: From Sweet Cheesecakes to Savory Entrees — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:25:47 +0000

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By: Jules Shepard

Jules Shepard — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:30:43 +0000

Vegifood4u, so glad you’ll make good use of this dairy-free recipe – enjoy!

By: vegifood4u

vegifood4u — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:30:09 +0000

Thanks for the egg-free version of Tres Leches cake! looks yummy.

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:56:59 +0000

Hi Melissa, if you can use dairy kefir, that will work just fine. If you can’t find any kefir, go with some kind of creamer: soy creamer; coconut creamer; half-and-half … just something a little thicker than regular milk. You could even whisk a little water into your favorite yogurt to get the consistency just right. Hope that helps!

By: Melissa Friend

Melissa Friend — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:14:16 +0000

Jules – I was getting ready to make this and realized I do not have the coconut kefir, and we don’t have anything like that in the stores near me… do you have suggestions on what I can use instead?
Thank you for all you do!

By: Jules

Jules — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:09:25 +0000

Thanks for the information, Mary. Just so you know, I am never paid to put an ingredient in my recipes. I choose products and ingredients based upon what will work best in the recipe. I like the idea of the coconut oil in this recipe though, I might have to try that next time!

By: Jules

Jules — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:07:50 +0000

Thanks Suzanne! Hope you get to make it soon!

By: suzanne

suzanne — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:12:05 +0000

Oh my goodness; this looks AWESOME! My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:15:25 +0000

The only substitution I would make is replacing the canola oil w/coconut oil which is far healthier and better for you. Canola oil is genetically-modified (GMO) and is a from the rapeseed plant which is used primarily as an industrial-grade machinery oil (lubricant). It has no business being used in a recipe or ingested. However, the manufacturers of canola oil often pay cookbook authors to list this ingredient in their recipes. I know because a friend of mine just published a cookbook and was approached by a canola oil manufacturer to use this inferior oil in her recipes. They were offering a significant sum of $$ to her, but she refused as she never cooks w/canola oil.

By: Jules

Jules — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:32:45 +0000

Hi Nancy, you can use any other dairy-free milk. I love the coconut milks that are out now, but you could also use soy milk, or even hemp milk if you like the taste.