I made the following changes to the recipe:

Topping:
- used a mix of strawberries and blackberries
- added some lemon juice to enhance the flavours
- toasted some slivered almonds and sprinkled those over the cake

Cake:
- I made a double batch (i.e. doubling everything), using 1.5 cups whole wheat flour, 2 cups white flour.
- I had no soy yoghurt, so I used soymilk + 1/2 tbsp of vinegar (which makes it curdle). I also decided to use only half the amount of soymilk, and use apple sauce for the other half (both can be used instead of fat in cakes).
- I threw in some ground cardamon because I wanted something ‘distinct’. Ideally, I would have used something like rose jam, which goes well with strawberries, but, alas, I had none.

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Upon popular request, I will start posting recipes of goodies I share with you. Of course, this also to demonstrate that vegans don’t only eat carrots and celery sticks… (-:

Chocolate Matcha Heaven: The recipe is for muffins, but I just made marble-cake style brownies. I did a double batch. I don’t know if you can get matcha in Costa Rica. It is Japanese green tea that comes in powder form and is quite expensive as it is rather exquisite. It is used for tea, in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony (click here for part 2 of the video). You can also find it in sweets. Green tea ice cream (and here is a vegan verison of it for me) is common and sometimes daifuku (mochi dumplings) are filled with green tea (though red bean paste is more common). I have also had green tea candy and this amazing green tea chocolate made by Zotter, an Austrian chocolatier.