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Earth Balance\u00ae \u2013 makers of a variety of plant-based, vegan products such as buttery spreads, nut butters and snacks \u2013 are thrilled to announce their 5th Annual Holiday Bake-Off. The national, virtual vegan baking competition launches Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 30, 2015.<\/p>\n
This year, Earth Balance<\/a> has enlisted the help of three judges who represent the best of vegan and plant-based cooking: blogger and cookbook author Dreena Burton of Plant-Powered Kitchen<\/a>, cookbook author and restaurateur Chloe Coscarelli<\/a>, and blogger and cookbook author Emily von Euw of This Rawsome Vegan Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSome people may be intimidated by vegan baking,\u201d said Coscarelli, \u201cbut they don\u2019t have to be! I use Earth Balance in many of my own recipes, and it really makes dairy-free baking easy and delicious. This Bake-Off offers the opportunity for fellow vegans to show their own passion through baking, and I\u2019m truly looking forward to reviewing the submissions.\u201d<\/p>\n All recipe submissions must be 100 percent plant-based, original and contain least one Earth Balance product. The 2015 Bake-Off categories include:<\/p>\n \u00b7 Cookies and bars<\/p>\n \u00b7 Savory baked goods \u2013 new in 2015<\/p>\n \u00b7 Cakes and cupcakes<\/p>\n \u00b7 Pies<\/p>\n \u201cEvery year the team at Earth Balance looks forward to the Holiday Bake-Off,\u201d said Adriane Pilcher, director of marketing for Earth Balance. \u201cWe are humbled and truly grateful for the participation of our world-renowned judges, and the addition of the unique savory category this year provides yet another opportunity for contestants to showcase their talents and prove that a plant-based diet doesn\u2019t have to mean living \u2018without.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Previous winning recipes have included Blackberry Green Tea Layer Cake<\/a>, Chai Pumpkin Pie With Cranberry Orange Gremolata<\/a>, and Banana Chocolate Caramel Pecan Cake.<\/a><\/p>\n Contestants can submit recipes for consideration at mjr.earthbalancenatural.com<\/a> between Nov. 1 and 30, 2015. Winners will be selected in each of the four categories, and from those, one grand-prize winner will be selected to win a prize package including a trip to New York City. Throughout the contest, Earth Balance will also be awarding prizes via its social media platforms. Full contest details are available at mjr.earthbalancenatural.com\/hbo2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earth Balance\u00ae \u2013 makers of a variety of plant-based, vegan products such as buttery spreads, nut butters and snacks \u2013 are thrilled to announce their 5th Annual Holiday Bake-Off. The national, virtual vegan baking competition launches Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 30, 2015. This year, Earth Balance has enlisted the help of three judges […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8175,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8173\/revisions\/8175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}