These photos do not need words. Just action.
Get to Burger Lols in Sheffield ASAP for these outrageous shakes.
Yep. Stunning.
Follow Burger Lols on Instagram and get their address on their Facebook page.
I love sugar
Café in Camden closing
Well, that didn’t last long.
A short while back, a café named Buttercream Dreams opened in Camden, London following a popular run in Croydon.
Sadly, this news was posted on the café’s Facebook page a few days ago:
NEWS!
We are closing our Camden shop as of this Sunday due to health concerns.
Our last day will be this Sunday 💜 thank you for all your support and custom!
We hope you can come see us before we leave at this Saturday’s late night cake club or another day this week xxxx
Short but sweet.
Get along this week before Sunday August 28, 2016 if you are interested in getting some vegan food before they shut down.
Fabulous vegan cake
There is a superstar baking business in North London that you need to know about.
Heart of Cake is situated in Stoke Newington and is run by the fabulous Lizzie. Lizzie is a one-person cake creation machine, handcrafting some of the finest vegan delights in the capital.
Lizzie recently got in touch with me to ask if I would be interested in sampling one of her creations.
Um, yeah OK. I think I’m kinda interested in VEGAN CAKE!
Check out the photos below to see what Lizzie made especially for me.
Yes! How ridiculously incredible does that chocolate and coconut cake look? Lizzie is a freakin’ cake hero.
You need to follow Heart of Cake on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Get in contact via social media or email Heartofcake@hotmail.com to find out how your life can be improved with a special order from Lizzie. Get your cupcake, cake and macaron needs fulfilled and generally just be more satisfied with your life by buying treats from Heart of Cake.
Extra note: look out for Lizzie and her Heart of Cake creations at VegfestUK London later in the year!
Just desserts
Need some affordable vegan desserts?
Get along to your nearest Sainsbury’s (well, not a Sainsbury’s Local – they don’t have anything) and pick up a few tubs of these frozen coconut milk desserts.
Not pictured: the vanilla. My nearest store had them at £3 a tub.
What do you think? Excited? If you have tried these, fill us all in with your feedback.
Vegan cookie kit
A fun part of being Fat Gay Vegan is getting to hear about brand new products, like this wonderful bake-your-own gluten free cookie kit made by Heaven + Hellthy.
Keep reading to discover more about this new baking kit and find out how you might be able to win your own from the company.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a food product that is more suited to being given as a gift. The Heaven + Hellthy box is decorated in a gorgeous graphic design and includes all the ingredients you need to create your own mouth watering chocolate chip cookies.
The recipe card details the step by step method and each ingredient is given exactly as you need it. There is no need to measure!
You can order your very own Heaven + Hellthy cookie baking kit right here. You can also follow the company on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Check out the photo below showing how my batch turned out. Perfection!
Now it’s competition time!
The kind people at Heaven + Hellthy want to ship a cookie making box to one FGV reader. This is how we are going to run the comp:
- Write a tweet tagging both @FatGayVegan and @heavennhellthy
- Use #WinWithFGV
- Include ‘Cookies = ?’ but replace the ‘?’ with one word. For example, your tweet might look like this – #WinWithFGV Cookies = happiness @FatGayVegan @heavennhellthy
This isn’t a complicated comp and I’ll be picking the winner based on what makes me smile.
The Twitter comp will run until midnight Sunday August 7, 2016 UK time. I will contact the winner to ask for delivery details that will be passed on to Heaven + Hellthy.
Enter as many times as you like. Get busy!
Vegan macaron frenzy
Do you feel that you are in a bit of a dreary rut? Is your life in need of a push? What would you say to an exciting development that will leave you grinning ear to ear?
Floral Frosting and their vegan macarons are making lives better. Simple.
Selling only online, the mastermind behind Floral Frosting is turning lives upside down with her colourful creations. Charis uses some unknown brand of magic to handcraft the most exquisite fine pastries and then ships them to people everywhere.
Customers need to reach out to Charis via email ( floralfrosting@hotmail.com ), Facebook or Instagram to find out prices and place an order. The macarons are made in the UK but can be shipped anywhere in the world!
Wanna see what I recently ate from Floral Frosting?
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There is no messing around here. Floral Frosting is getting the job done. No question.
My delivery included:
- Lemon curd
- Salted caramel popcorn
- S’mores
- Vanilla chai
- Strawberry & cream
- Cookie Monster
Why are you still here? Follow the Instagram account! Get ordering!
New vegan burger bar in Sheffield
Book a bus ticket. Check train prices. Charge up the electric car. You are all headed to Sheffield as soon as you possibly can.
Already live there? You have got it made!
Say hello to the newest superstar of the UK vegan scene, Burger Lols.
It doesn’t get much cuter than that, right?
Burger Lolz has only been open a week but already it looks to have a solid following of fans. The shop was buzzing when I went in there and I’m not surprised. The menu is like a dream come true.
How a bout a mac n cheese burger featuring onion rings? Maybe a kebab burger with seitan is more to your liking. I know you all want the pulled jackfruit sandwich or the chilli cheese fries.
Check out this photo of what I was able to get my hands on during my recent visit.
Pretty freakin’ impressive. The fries alone are making me consider a move to Sheffield.
Get to Burger Lolz NOW, eat everything you can get your hands on and follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Extra note:
Next door to Burger Lolz is the incredible Steel City Cakes.
This bakery has long been a favourite with vegan cake lovers and with good reason. Their selection of vegan cakes is like nothing else I have seen in the UK. I was almost crying from excitement and emotion.
Click on this video below to see just some of the vegan cakes they were selling during my visit. Sheffield is where it’s at!
Vegan jelly in a supermarket
Josh and I had just downed a couple of beers in the wonderful Bundobust bar and Indian street food kitchen in Leeds city centre last night when we wandered into the nearest Co-operative supermarket to look for snacks.
As we were mooching along past the pre-packaged fruit, Josh spotted some raspberry jelly cups on the shelf and suggested we check to see if they were vegan.
Being the vile and cynical FGV that I am, I curled my lip and said, “They won’t be vegan”.
I do like being proved wrong sometimes.
Yes! Vegan jelly cups in a UK-wide supermarket!
I was too tipsy to eat mine last night but I will be investigating later today. Have you tried this cup? What did you think?
Extra note: This photo originally appeared on my Instagram account.
Vegan cake company
Is there enough vegan cake in London? Of course not!
Vegan Sweet Cravings is a London-based business specialising in cakes and pastries made to order.
Each cake is made with special ingredients to client specifications for delivery across London (and out of London areas which are negotiable regarding delivery charge). Orders can be made via Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
Get in touch with Vegan Sweet Cravings to discuss what they can do for your vegan cake needs. If you are a café owner in need of cake for your pastry case, the company would also love to hear from you. You can already find one of their creations being sold by the slice inside The Grocery of Shoreditch.
Wanna see some cake?
This chocolate cake with raspberries is gluten free and sweetened with agave nectar. This is the cake that is available in The Grocery café in Shoreditch.
Like all of the Vegan Sweet Cravings cakes, this red velvet cake topped with cookies features three layers of cake.
How about this chocolate peanut butter doughnut cake? Peanut butter frosting sits in between the layers, while chocolate frosting and a peanut butter glaze coat the outside. Finally, the whole affair is topped with cake-style doughnut.
What do you think?
Consider Vegan Sweet Cravings for your vegan cake desires/needs.
My new favourite chocolate
Have you all seen this vegan chocolate in your local shops?
I picked this bar up in my local Sainsbury’s a few days back and I can’t stop thinking about it ever since.
Cocoa Libre is a gorgeous company in North Somerset making the sweetest range of vegan products. They have chocolate penguins, dark chocolate discs, orange chocolate frogs and a whole bunch of gift boxes.
All of the milk chocolate is made with rice milk and is one of the creamiest and most delightful dairy alternatives I’ve tasted.
You can order the full range from the Cocoa Libre online shop and follow them on Twitter and Instagram.