But first, I have an important question to ask:
Cake or Frosting?
Even as a little kid, I was a frosting-over-cake girl; I always vied for those frosting roses. Did any of y’all do that? (I’m not sure I even liked the taste; they were just so gosh-darn pretty!)
Anyway, in my exuberance about the Raw Chocolate-Raspberry Cake, I forgot to mention that you don’t have to make it a cake. You can do this…
Or chocolate-raspberry fudge frosting.
Try this on top of Banana Pancakes for One.
If you dare. You might never want to eat anything else ever again. Or skip the pancakes and opt for straight-up frosting shots. Yeah, frosting shots. And if you’re looking for something with which to wash down said shots, I’ve gotcha covered. Or, rather, Silk’s gotcha covered:
I mentioned the coconut in the New Product Alerts page awhile back, but hadn’t yet tried it.
Unsweetened Almondmilk:
Silk came out with plain, vanilla, and chocolate almond milks a few months ago, but did you know that they now have an unsweetened one as well?
It’s my newest-favorite thing! I’ve always loved Almond Breeze, but this milk is like three times creamier! Plus, it’s fortified with vitamin B12. (Almond Breeze is not.) Price-wise, Silk also holds an edge ($3.50 for 8 cups as opposed to AB’s $2 for 4 cups when on sale).
Coconutmilk:
I love coconut. Did you know? Yeah, um, unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m sure you did. (And even those of you rock-dwellers have probably heard by now.) So I was surprised to find I didn’t like the So Delicious brand’s coconut milk beverage. Even the sweetened one, I found to to be watery and bland. Good news, though: Silk Coconutmilk is much thicker. Even my dairy-drinking mom likes it! I bet it’d be really good in oatmeal!
Final thoughts… and opinions welcome:
I know Silk is owned by Dean Foods, who also happens to be the biggest dairy-seller in the US. I’m not sure how I feel about this… but I think their clout and reputation in the dairy industry give them the ability to make products like soymilk more mainstream (for example: Silk commercials, advertisements in magazines, and availability at places like Starbucks and Wal-Mart). And more easily-accessible vegan products means more people will be turned on to them, which will eventually translate to fewer animal products consumed. Obviously, there are positives and negatives (and I haven’t done much research on them, so if anyone wants to leave their own thoughts on the issue, I’d be happy to hear others’ opinions). But I’m just excited to see non-dairy milks are becoming so popular that even the big dairy guys are taking notice!
Speaking of milk, I thought I’d give a preview of tomorrow’s post:
Hint: It is not a Cookie Dough Milkshake.
What’s your favorite milk?
And do you ever drink it straight-up?
I hated drinking milk when I was little. My mom had to put food coloring or cocoa powder in it to entice me. But now, I really love a big glass of almond milk!
Looks so good!
Tomorrow’s post pic looks sooooo delicious!! It is some healthy vegan funfetti cake batter milkshake. OMG!
As for Silk, that’s great news on their coconut and unsweet almond milks. I love the plain Pure Almond. So creamy! I know I should boycott Silk or something because of their dairy connection, but I agree with you on the whole mainstreaming thing. Plus, Silk tastes damn good. 🙂
Confetti cake batter milkshake – can it be???
Being lactose intolerant my entire life I have a healthy loathing of milk. While I do use coconut/cashew/rice/almond milk in smoothies and cooking, I must say that to this day I still can’t bring myself to actually drink a glass of any of it straight. Scarred for life I suppose – made it much easier to give up all dairy though!!
I accidently drank a half-gallon of unsweetened almond milk in one day. Between oatmeal, baking, cookie dunking and milkshakes, it just disappeared.
Haha I bet you got LOTS of vitamins! Maybe too many… 😕
I have a carton on the Silk unsweetened almond milk in my fridge right now. I’m really happy with it Almond milk is my go-to milk for oatmeal, smoothies, and other cooking, but I don’t drink it straight up. As a kid I drank cow’s milk straight up all the time.
Your raw chocolate raspberry cake and frosting look SOOO delicious!
But sorry—I would never drink Silk ANYTHING! Just like most of their soy milks, their coconut milk isn’t organic. We’re sticking with So Delicious Coconut Milk. It’s plenty thick enough for our family, and I think it’s really delicious and more like dairy milk than any other alternative. If I want something that tastes thicker or more coconutty, I’ll buy canned coconut milk.
I am an unsweetend almond milk aficionado. I think I’ve tried every kind — but THIS one! Recently I’ve been buying the refrigerated kind at Trader Joe’s, because it’s $2.99 for 8 cups and is very creamy, too. But I’ll have to try the Silk brand. And I agree with your position on Silk — while it’s abhorrent to support a dairy company, we need to take advantage of Silk’s wide reach to increase popularity of non-dairy beverages.
Thanks for this, I’ve been wondering if the Silk coconut was worth trying, after all the bad reviews I saw of the So Delicious. I’ll be checking it out. And that’s interesting that Silk is cheaper where you’re at; here they sell the AB for 2.99 a half gallon. Anyway thanks, it looks like I have new milks to check out.
almond milk OR light chocolate soy milk 🙂
I am guessing the photo at the bottom of the post is a Cake Batter Milkshake? 🙂 Chocolate-Raspberry frosting?! Yum!
Ya know? I tried the Silk Almond milk yesterday and I totally agree that it is crazy good! I, too, have always been an AB girl (and not because my initials are A.B. ;)), but once I had a sip or two of the Silk stuff, I was hooked! I didn’t try the Coconut yet, but I am super excited to have a sip or two of it. 🙂 So excited!
Also, yay CakeBatter Milkshake! 🙂 I’m on a soft foods/liquids diet only right now because of a silly viral infection in my stomach which caused Gastritis… Now my diet is ten times MORE restricted, boooo! But, all well! After the emergency room visit, things are going uphill! 🙂
Can’t wait to eat that milkshake!! 😀
Aly
Oh no :(.
Well, thank goodness for blenders, right? When I get my wisdom teeth out, I am totally going to try blending a pb&j! Maybe…
Hahahaha. Amen to that sister! Blenders are owning my life for right now! 🙂 And blending a pb&j… That might not be as good or bad as it sounds… I don’t even know how that sounds.. Hahaha. 🙂
I am a frosting girl all the way! As my sister likes to say when I steal all the frosting off our cake, “UGH! Camille, you eat everything that is frosting!!”
First of all, I am a cake person. When I ate sugar, frosting was nasty. It still is….except when I make yummy frosting like yours 🙂
Second, ohmygoodness I can’t wait to try this almond/coconut milk!!! I love Almond Breeze Unsweetened, and I CANNOT WAIT to try this. My mom loves So Delicious Coconut, but I, like you, thought it was too watery and not rich coconutty. I am looking for this next time I’m at the store.
Third, I CAN”T WAIT to try the Cake Batter milkshake!!! I have been loving your thin mint shake (seriously, I drink it like every other day now…), but I have yet to try the cookie dough one…Maybe today is the day!
Fourth, I hated milk. It was so nasty, and I just didn’t like it! It doesn’t taste good at all. I didn’t even like chocolate milk that much 😛 Now if it was hot chocolate, I was all over it! I still don’t drink milk because I just don’t want to waste my precious almond milk! I like to put it into recipes, but I don’t drink it plain. I’m a water drinker!
Aw Alex, you are entirely too cute for your own good. Do you know that? 😉
I’ve never tried almond milk, but I LOVE coconut milk!! We don’t get Silk over here, so I have a different brand, but it is SOOO good, specially in oats! 😀
Ohmygoodness, is that FUNFETTI CAKE BATTER MILKSHAKE I see?!?! :O
I can’t wait!!! 😀
Hi Emma (and Katie)
I’m a reader from London too! What brand coconut milk do you buy here? I can only ever find tins and you can’t drink them right? Or at least it would taste well weird! Xx
HEY Hannah!!
It’s called Kara coconut milk, and I buy it from Tesco’s or Holland and Barrett. You can order it online too, like from here: http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/554897_Kara_Freshly_Pressed_Coconut_Milk_1ltr.html
Hope that helps! 🙂
Thanks Emma, they do it in Tesco?!?!? That is beyond exciting!
Btw I got some amazing almond milk (ecomil) but it’s like three quid a litre 🙁 MUST get making my own!
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argh I’m so envious of the availability of non dairy milks in the states!
My heart just skipped a beat when I saw that cake batter shake pic….can’t wait!!!