Babycakes Bakery's Vegan Vanilla Icing

Name: Babycakes Bakery's Vegan Vanilla Icing
Yield: makes about 2 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk; 3/4 cup Better Than Milk Rice or Soy Powder; 4 tablespoons agave nectar; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1 cup melted refined coconut oil; 1 tablespoon lemon juice

December 9, 2011

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Creamy, light, and sweet—you’ll want to smother this all over pretty much everything. Way overeager one ambitious morning, I even tried it in a cup of coffee. Please do not do that. It is, however, perfect on just about anything else.

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