Cupcakes, Tarts and Pastries

There are many baking options for this category.

Last year’s winning entry was Marilyn Lazarus’ Chocolate Triple Nut Tart and our winning cupcake was Sherry Vanstone’s Double Vanilla, Salted Caramel Cupcake.

Try Post Punk Kitchen’s Pear Frangipane Tart.

Thanks to our sponsors!

The 4th Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off takes place on Saturday, February 4th from 2 to 4:30 pm at 918 Bathurst (on Bathurst, a couple of blocks north of Bloor).

Visit veg.ca/bakeoff for full details.

Decadent Raw Sweets

If you’re looking to steer clear of processed sugars, Decadent Raw Sweets may be the category for you.

This brand new category is for our more ambitious “bakers”. Entries in this category cannot have been heated over 118 degrees.

This delicious key lime pie recipe’s main ingredient is avocado.

Thanks to our sponsors!

The 4th Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off takes place on Saturday, February 4th from 2 to 4:30 pm at 918 Bathurst (on Bathurst, a couple of blocks north of Bloor).

Visit veg.ca/bakeoff for full details.

Gluten-Free Treats

This category has one simple rule and is your chance to get creative: all entries must be gluten-free ,so that samplers with an allergy can taste without worry.

Last year’s winner was Dashing Dan’s Fabulous Fudge. Here is an easy example of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.

Thanks to our sponsors!

The 4th Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off takes place on Saturday, February 4th from 2 to 4:30 pm at 918 Bathurst (on Bathurst, a couple of blocks north of Bloor).

Visit veg.ca/bakeoff for full details.

Professionally Crafted Vegan Classics

These entries are from the professional trendsetters with vegan businesses who set the baking bar (although that doesn’t mean hobby bakers can’t show them who’s boss).

Last year’s winner was Lesia Kohut of LPK’s Culinary Groove, for her wonderful Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bars.

Get an idea how to make them here.

Thanks to our sponsors! 

The 4th Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off takes place on Saturday, February 4th from 2 to 4:30 pm at 918 Bathurst (on Bathurst, a couple of blocks north of Bloor).

Visit veg.ca/bakeoff for full details.

There is still time to register as a competitor in the 4th Annual Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off!

Why not don your favourite apron, show off your prowess in the kitchen and have a chance to win some amazing prizes from local vegan businesses? Visit veg.ca/bakeoff today for details on registering – registration closes January 27^th!

Win Great Prizes from Our Generous Sponsors!

For the cost of registration, bakers receive a free Totally Fabulous Vegan Bake-Off t-shirt (while supplies last), a free sample plate and of course, the chance to win awesome prizes like vegan cookies, fabulous cookbooks and gift certificates to local restaurants. It's totally fun and your participation helps us to bring together people from the veg community and beyond to showcase the very yummiest treats Toronto has to offer.

There are five categories you can pick from to enter, plus there's a winner of Best in Show and Best Presentation. That means we're giving away not one, but SEVEN fantastic prize packages at this year's event from:

This could be you!

Click here to read more about being a contestant.

The event takes place on Saturday, February 4th from 2 to 4:30 pm at 918 Bathurst (on Bathurst, a couple of blocks north of Bloor).

Not intersted in competing but still want to taste and vote?

If you’re not planning to enter the competition yourself, that’s no excuse to miss your chance to sample the entries and vote for your favourite dishes! $3 gets you a sample plate for one of five categories (cookies/bars, cupcakes/tarts/pastries, raw sweets, gluten-free desserts, and professionally crafted). You can opt for a single sample plate or try all the categories!

Visit veg.ca/bakeoff for full details.

This time of year you may be planning your New Year's Resolution. The Toronto Vegetarian Association has already decided ours:

We need your help to build a new and improved veg.ca website to be the online home for all things veg in the GTA. 

The current website design is more than 5 years old, created before YouTube was launched and before the first iPhone was unveiled. The way people use the web has changed, but our site has not.

A refreshed online home will engage thousands more to make changes that will reduce their ecological footprint, improve health outcomes and save animals. It will act as a hub and online resource centre for the veg community, and also clearly and instantly communicate the benefits of vegetarianism to the veg-curious.

We need your support to fulfill our New Year's Resolution and get this website up and running in 2012.

Fortunately, the services we need like project management, web design and search engine optimization have been offered to us at a discount by expert TVA supporters!    

But the coding, content transfer and introduction of new features will still cost $7000. 

If you give before December 30, the first $2500 given to support our new online home will be matched dollar for dollar by a generous TVA donor.

Please make a tax-deductible gift of $200, $100, $50 or whatever you can afford this holiday season to build a new and improved veg.ca. Please make sure to enter "TVA Website" as the campaign code.

Your charitable donation this holiday season will inspire more people to go vegetarian by making the benefits of veg living clearer and showing people how easy it is to make a change. Please make a donation today! 

Please make sure to enter "TVA Website" as the campaign code.

Time is running out to launch a revamped veg.ca website by 2012.

For thousands of people, a google search is their first source of information about any new topic. For young people in particular, veg.ca is a primary point of contact to learn about food issues, access vegetarian recipes and information, and ease the transition to a plant-based diet. 

But the current site has fallen out of date and we are missing opportunities to demonstrate that being vegetarian is healthy, easy and delicious!

Thanks to those who have already donated, we've raised over $1100 towards the $7000 needed to build an improved online home that will engage thousands more to reduce their eco-footprint, improve their health, and save animals by going veg.

If you haven't already done so, please consider taking a moment to make a tax-deductible gift now. Your donation of $50, $100, $300 or whatever you can afford will make veg.ca a more powerful tool for outreach in the GTA.

And, all gifts made by Dec 30, 2011 will be matched up to $2500 by another generous TVA donor!

With your support, we can transform veg.ca into an essential online resource for the next generation of potential vegetarians, instantly communicate the benefits of vegetarianism and answer key questions.  

Please make your tax-deductible gift today.

Your charitable gift will show tens of thousands of new visitors how easy it is to be veg in the GTA.