Ground Plant Based Coffee

Pionnering Swansea café creates the UK’s first Lion’s Mane Mushroom Burger made from mushrooms grown in Wales

Come and try the UK’s first Lions Mane Burger handmade in South Wales.

Three top tips to vegan cake success

Top Tips for Vegan Cake Success with Helen Wilson of Ground Plant Based Coffee in Swansea

Vegan Bara Brith

Bake a cracking Vegan Bara Brith, no need for eggs!

One of our all-time favourite recipes, from Viva!’s Vegan Recipe Club Ingredients: 3 large, very ripe bananas (those spotty ones on special offer are just the job. Cheap, too) 60g/2oz vegan margarine, eg Pure, Suma, Biona or Vitaquell OR 50ml vegetable oil (mild-flavoured type, eg refined plain veg oil or sunflower) 100g/generous 3oz soft brown…

Simple Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

These little shiny cupcakes are based on brilliant fail-safe recipe I have used many times, from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World (with a few personal amendments). After a trip out to a local cafe, who had sold out of vegan cakes… Iolo asked if we could make our own! Instead of getting messy with a piping…

Soda Bread

This is a fantastic recipe for quick, delicious, fresh bread in a hurry. It’s a favourite on retreats, toasted and spread with vegan margarine, avocado or nut butter. It is adapted from a Paul Hollywood recipe. 250g/9oz plain wholemeal flour 250g/9oz plain white flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp salt 420ml/15fl oz plant milk Juice of one…

Hearty Winter Stew with Dumplings

There is something rather satisfying about cooking to the seasons, in line with the weather – hot or cold, or with your mood – fresh and light or warm and comforting. Stew and Dumplings summed up my mood the other night. The curtains were drawn, it was raining and I felt like eating something hearty…

Helen’s Retreat Dahl

Over the last few years I have learned there is a lot more to making Dahl than a load of old lentils. Moving to Bristol 18 years ago really opened my eyes to this. Eating out at lots of decent Indian restaurants and buying fresh Dahl made in the kitchens of Asian supermarkets taught me…

The Famous Affinities Cake

The Affinities Cake Cooking time: 1 hour 20 mins 200g (7oz) plain flour 75g (2¾oz) unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 200g (7oz) golden caster sugar 100g (3½oz) ground almonds A small pinch of salt 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp good-quality balsamic vinegar 6 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for greasing 400ml…