Cashew feta - oh yeah!

Inspired by my friend Hanna over at Food by Hon, I made cashew "feta" again. It's just too good!
I made some slight changes to her amazing recipe.

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Ingredients:

• 200 g cashews (soaked in water for 4+ hours!)
• 125 ml water (+ a little extra to prepare the agar agar)
• 1 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 3 tablespoons yeast flakes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (plus a little extra to grease up a form)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 40ml lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons agar agar (not "Agartine" or any other 1:1 gelatin replacement)

Chocolate Walnut Cranberry Coffee Cake with Pistachios

Ah, another inspiration from the Vegan Food Magazine. On page 55 of their first issue, they published a lovely recipe ("Chocolate Pecan Cranberry Coffee Cake") by Fran Costigan. I changed it according to my taste, available produce and equipment. It turned out perfect! At least as far as I can tell. This is definitely my favorite fall/winter cake! It's super juicy, but the nuts give it a nice crunch, and the chocolate and maple syrup give it a wonderful rich taste! It is a bit costly because of all the awesome ingredients, but... that's okay.
 

Equipment

• a 28cm/11in springform pan
• a scale
• 2 cooling racks (or one rack and a plate)
• 3 bowls (one small, one medium and one large bowl) 
• an oven
• parchment paper
• a mixer or whisk
• a knife and cutting board
• a juicer (nothing fancy, just the thing that you use with citrus fruits cut in half)
• a fine grater 
• a spoon or two
• a bain-marie and a small pot