Baker creates vegan versions of every dish on the Great British Bake Off

Image: @curiouscatbakery Instagram

Oli Gross14th October 201914th October 2019Food, News

An inspired vegan baker has promised to make plant-based versions of every dessert from the latest season of The Great British Bake Off.

Natalia Lima, baker at the Curious Cat Bakery in Florida, is a big fan of the show and plans to show customers you don’t need animal products to make incredible desserts.

View this post on Instagram
Dairy Week, Shmairy Week! We took @britishbakeoff’s signature challenge from last week and veganized it. Inspired by David’s Limoncello poppy cake, this lemon poppy cake is made with almond milk yogurt and it is tangy, soft and super moist! Link in bio to purchase. Check the stories for the step-by-step tutorial of the recipe. #ggbochallenge #greatbritishbakingshow #greatbritishbakingshowinspired #veganized #dairyweek #anythingyoucandoicandovegan #vegancake #lemonpoppy #lemonpoppycake #veganbakery #tampavegan #stpetevegan #tampabayvegan #beautifulcakes #artisanbakery
A post shared by Curious Cat Bakery (@curiouscatbakery) on Sep 24, 2019 at 6:27am PDT

Throughout season 10 she’s taking the best dish each week and adapting the recipe to ensure it’s vegan.

So far Lima has made cinnamon rolls for the bread-themed week and a chocolate orange custard cake for the 1920s challenge.

For any budding vegan bakers, she even films herself making the desserts, explaining how the recipe has been altered and giving step-by-step instructions on her Instagram stories.

Lima told VegNews: “I’ve been a fan of the show for years and I knew I wasn’t the only one who was excited for the new season, so I thought it’d be fun for me to bake along—with the added challenge that everything I baked had to be vegan.

“So far I’ve learned that indeed anything can be veganized with some effort, research, and stubborn will. It takes some adapting, of course, but the essence of the challenges are preserved.”

View this post on Instagram
Have you heard the good news? We’re following along with the @britishbakeoff and making a veganized version of one of the challenges every week! First up for Bread Week: Helena’s cinnamon rolls! They’re soft, they’re just the right amount of sweet, they’re Hollywood handshake worthy and you can buy them on the website right now. (Link in bio). And for a look behind the scenes of founder @the_natalialima making them, check out our stories! #vegan #vegancinnamonrolls #cinnamonrolls #gbbo #gbbochallenge #baking #veganbaking #veganfood #tampabayvegan #stpetevegan #tampavegan
A post shared by Curious Cat Bakery (@curiouscatbakery) on Sep 17, 2019 at 6:01am PDT

Her idea has been a huge hit on social media and in her bakery, and she will publish an e-book to immortalise the recipes when the season has finished.

Lima went vegan in 2011 and founded her business as she couldn’t find any desserts to get excited about.

“Everything on the menu is made to order and 100% free of dairy, eggs and animal products but you’d never know it from their taste,” the company states on its website.

“In fact, one of Natalia’s favorite things to do is watch the faces of people light up as she tells them that treat they are so excitedly devouring is vegan.”

Read: Meat demand in Europe falls by 20% in just 3 months.

What is your favourite vegan dessert? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!

Oli Gross

Oli Gross is a writer and editor at Totally Vegan Buzz. His background is in local newspaper and magazine journalism, and his work has included reporting court cases, celebrity interviews, business analysis, food and drink features and government legislation. Oli’s career and personal ethical values both help shape his reporting of the diverse world of veganism. At Totally Vegan Buzz he specialises in breaking news and features on animal rights activism. Follow him on Twitter @Oli_Gross12

See author's posts